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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3393380, member: 75937&quot;]Lovely lefty ladies, [USER=41036]@arizonarobin[/USER] ! Those are some rarities!</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that it&#039;s unusual to see a left-facing bust on a Roman Imperial issue prior to the mid 3rd century AD. This, for example, is my only left-facing Roman empress. It is a variant that is not recorded in Sear, Cohen, or RIC:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-ivno-dupondius-jpg.571368/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Jr, under Antoninus Pius, 147-161</p><p>Roman AE middle bronze</p><p>11.10 gm; 25.3 mm</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, left.</p><p>Rev: IVNO SC, Juno seated left, holding the three graces and scepter; at feet, peacock.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1400 (bust var. (facing left)); BMCRE 2188A, p.380; Cohen 128 (bust var. (facing left)).</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it is an obverse die match (different reverse die) to the specimen in the British Museum:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901456[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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