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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5247658, member: 75937&quot;]This one arrived from last month&#039;s Künker eLive auction. It came with an interesting collector &quot;tag.&quot; It&#039;s a thick piece of cardboard with a round cut out area meant to go inside a cabinet tray. The collector had made a number of notations on it, some of which I can decipher but others are cryptic. I&#039;m hoping someone can help me figure out what they mean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218592[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.69 g, 32 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 161-165.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina II, right, with a double strand of pearls in the hair.</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA S C, Laetitia standing facing, head right, holding vertical scepter in right hand and wreath in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC --; BMCRE --; Cohen --; RCV --; MIR 22-6/10b.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is quite rare and unlisted in the standard references with Laetitia facing right. The coin with the mirror-image reverse is RIC 1654; BMCRE 924-27; Cohen 149; Sear 5279; MIR 21-6/10b.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the tag it came with:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218593[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been able to find the following examples/references: </p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Gorny &amp; Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 200), 10.10.2011, lot 2612</li> <li>Gorny &amp; Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung (Auction 164), 17.3.2008, lot 411</li> <li>Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH (Auction 81), 21.11.2007, lot 426</li> <li>MIR (p. 284) cites a specimen in Paris.</li> <li>Mention of &quot;Fittschen, Faustina S. 42 (8. Bildnistypus).&quot;</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>So, I&#039;m able to make out much of the notes on the tag, but not all. Still cryptic to me are the following:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>The meaning of •BKK in the cut out hole for the coin.</li> <li>The meaning of &quot;03-10 Aukt. ruus(?) + Med. nr. 517.&quot; I take it that&#039;s an auction (perhaps the one from which the coin was purchased) but I don&#039;t recognize the name of the firm.</li> <li>The meaning of &quot;Ask (k with a squiggly thing) •LIR pd. •LNR•&quot;.</li> <li>The meaning of &quot;same as K •ARK&quot;</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Any help with deciphering these notations is greatly appreciated. Anyone who has Fittschen and can photograph the listing/reference on p. 42 would be doing me a huge favor! </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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