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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8290203, member: 75937&quot;]Great cherry-pick, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! It&#039;s always satisfying to acquire a rarity that was unappreciated or misattributed. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve picked up some real rarities this way, many of which I&#039;ve posted before in similar threads, so I&#039;ll spare you my Faustina cherry picking tales! Here&#039;s a tale of the NOT Faustina! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This obscure provincial of Plautilla was sold at auction as &quot;Faustina II,&quot; apparently because the person writing the catalog description thought every empress with her hair in a chignon is Faustina! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/plautilla-otrus-demeter-zeus-jpg.1323469/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Plautilla, AD 202-205.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20 mm, 4.1 g.</p><p>Phrygia, Otrus, AD 202-205.</p><p>Obv: ΦOVΛ ΠΛ-AVTIΛΛAC, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: OTP-O-HNΩN, Demeter standing left, holding grain ears and long torch.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.344,7; Von Aulock Phrygiens, 802-8; cf. SNG Cop 633.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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