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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7928510, member: 75937"]Poppies were but one attribute of Demeter. This little provincial has <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-–-every-attribute-of-demeter-imaginable.381634/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-–-every-attribute-of-demeter-imaginable.381634/">every attribute of Demeter imaginable</a>! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-nicomedia-torch-and-serpent-jpg.1315363/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 20.1 mm, 5.09 gm, 12 h.</p><p>Bithynia, Nicomedia, c. AD 148-150. </p><p>Obv: ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ СΕΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΝΕΩΚΟΡOV ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔEI, lighted torch entwined by serpent, surmounted by two ears of corn and decorated with two poppies.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV, 6091,(temporary); RG 107, pl. XCI 24; Lindgren 166 (this coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7928510, member: 75937"]Poppies were but one attribute of Demeter. This little provincial has [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-–-every-attribute-of-demeter-imaginable.381634/']every attribute of Demeter imaginable[/URL]! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-nicomedia-torch-and-serpent-jpg.1315363/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ 20.1 mm, 5.09 gm, 12 h. Bithynia, Nicomedia, c. AD 148-150. Obv: ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝΑ ΝΕΑ СΕΒΑ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΝΕΩΚΟΡOV ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔEI, lighted torch entwined by serpent, surmounted by two ears of corn and decorated with two poppies. Refs: RPC IV, 6091,(temporary); RG 107, pl. XCI 24; Lindgren 166 (this coin).[/QUOTE]
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