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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7936647, member: 75937"]That's fantastic, [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER]! That's a fun issue -- and she's wearing a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-stephane-on-roman-imperial-coins.377542/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-stephane-on-roman-imperial-coins.377542/">stephane</a>, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if I could declare which of my Faustina coins is a "favorite"; I love them all! So here's my first, according to its faded and yellowing collector tag with the ID number of "FAUSTSR-1." Astonishingly, the CT search function comes up nothing when I search for it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I have apparently never posted it here before! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making her CT debut ... let's give a warm welcome to FAUSTSR-1, RC's first of Faustina the First!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373048[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 18.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 145-147.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head left, holding long torch and holding up fold of skirt.</p><p>Refs: RIC 362; BMCRE 421-427; Cohen 104; Strack 468; RCV 4584; CRE 85.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's FAUSTJR-1, the first coin of Faustina the Younger I acquired for my collection. I've posted this one before.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-concordia-standing-right-denarius-1078-jpg.1361771/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Jr, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.97 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, c. Autumn-late AD 151.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA standing facing, head right, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 500b(6); BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163.</p><p>Notes: RIC erroneously describes the obverse legend as reading FAVSTINAE AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL; this is corrected by BMCRE 4.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7936647, member: 75937"]That's fantastic, [USER=115909]@Gam3rBlake[/USER]! That's a fun issue -- and she's wearing a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-stephane-on-roman-imperial-coins.377542/']stephane[/URL], too! I don't know if I could declare which of my Faustina coins is a "favorite"; I love them all! So here's my first, according to its faded and yellowing collector tag with the ID number of "FAUSTSR-1." Astonishingly, the CT search function comes up nothing when I search for it! :wideyed: I have apparently never posted it here before! :wideyed::wideyed: Making her CT debut ... let's give a warm welcome to FAUSTSR-1, RC's first of Faustina the First! [ATTACH=full]1373048[/ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman AR denarius, 3.17 g, 18.2 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 145-147. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head left, holding long torch and holding up fold of skirt. Refs: RIC 362; BMCRE 421-427; Cohen 104; Strack 468; RCV 4584; CRE 85. And here's FAUSTJR-1, the first coin of Faustina the Younger I acquired for my collection. I've posted this one before. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-concordia-standing-right-denarius-1078-jpg.1361771/[/IMG] Faustina Jr, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 2.97 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h. Rome, c. Autumn-late AD 151. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: CONCORDIA standing facing, head right, gathering up skirt and holding cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 500b(6); BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163. Notes: RIC erroneously describes the obverse legend as reading FAVSTINAE AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL; this is corrected by BMCRE 4.[/QUOTE]
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