Frank S. Robinson Faustina Jr.

142 FAUSTINA JR., Ankyra, Æ19, Cultus statue of Artemis of Ephesos, F-VF, obv sl off-ctr, dark,

& moderately rough, lgnd wk; rev centered & bold, with only minor graininess.

(A VF brought $201, Peus 4/11.)



Before and After pictures. Can anyone help me attribute this coin?

 

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His pictures vs your pictures make the graininess look really bad. Yours are much better.

 

Faustina II Ankyra
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3644677

 

I wrote all about this issue here.

This is my specimen.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 3.81 g, 7 h.
Phrygia, Ankyra, AD 147-165.
Obv: ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: ΑΝΚΥ-ΡΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags.
Refs: RPC IV.2, 1727 (temporary); BMC 25.64,35-36; RG 5644; Sear 1774; SNG Cop 142-143; SNG von Aulock 3436; SNG Munich 99-100.

 

If you noticed my coin started at 1 o'clock ANKY-PANuN
All the others started at 8 oclock

 

My coin started at 1 o'clock yours at 8 oclock are these common and have you seen another?

 

Just engraved by a different die engraver. No difference in catalog number or attribution.

 

You have to love catalog authors. Some will ignore something like this difference in where the legend starts while others will give a new number to a coin with an extra dot. Which do you think was engraved first - letters or the statue?