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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3893254, member: 85693&quot;]There are some real beauties in this post.&nbsp; I just got this one, so I am particularly beguiled by it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026911[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Calabria, Tarentum&nbsp; <b>AR Nomos </b></b></p><p><b>Hippodanos Magistrate</b></p><p><b>(c. 280-272 B.C.)</b></p><p>Naked youth on horseback right, crowning self; ΣΩ to left, ZAΛO &amp; Ionic capital below / Phalanthos riding dolphin left, holding distaff &amp; aphlaston; TAΡA[Σ] below;&nbsp; ANO to right. Vlasto 803–7.</p><p>(6.30 grams / 19 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve already posted this lifetime Faustina I, but it is recent, and I&#039;m really taken with it - it has problems, obviously, but depending on what the problem is, I often find I prefer the damaged stuff (or maybe I&#039;m justifying bottom-feeding habits!).&nbsp; In this case, I like the green/brown coloring, and the rather elegant portrait and a sexy Venus reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1026912[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ As / Dupondius</b></p><p><b>(c. 138-141 A.D.) Lifetime</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII PP, draped bust right, hair bound w. pearls / VENERI AVGVSTAE S C, Venus draped standing right, drawing drapery and holding apple.</p><p>RIC 1097; BMC 1132.</p><p>(11.54 grams / 25 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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