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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7853084, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s quite a find, [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER], and a fun idea for a thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is perhaps the best misattributed-by-the-auction-house coin in my collection -- a rare dupondius that was listed as a sestertius. Including shipping and all fees, it was still less expensive than taking a family of four to the movies.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are four known examples of this coin: 1. Paris specimen cited by Cohen and Strack, 2. Naples specimen cited by Strack, 3. Münzhandlung Basel (Auction 1), June 28, 1934, pl. 29, 1171, 4. My specimen:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-consecratio-funeral-pyre-dupondius-jpg.1045649/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Senior, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-141.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1189; BMCRE p. 236 *; Cohen 187; RCV --; Strack 1238.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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