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<p>[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7400257, member: 80952"]Hello ladies and gentlemen,</p><p>I won a Faustina Jr denarius. I only have 1 denarius from her so I'll gladly take it, not a fantastic coin but not junk either, in my opinion. </p><p>I know there are Faustina fans around here so I would like their help, please. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1287168[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse Legend: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL</p><p>Reverse Legend: VENVS</p><p>I didn't know there were Faustina II coins under Antoninus Pius, so this is another plus for me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now the tricky part. Having the legends visible I thought getting the RIC number will be easy (I know this is not that important but I like finding the RIC/RSC number for all the imperial coins I buy). </p><p>But I am miserably failing for a few hours now. </p><p>Found the following suspects with the same legends, similar designs (from what I can see) and I eliminated the coins where Faustina is wearing a stephane/Venus has a sceptre as this is not the case with my coin:</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius</a></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515B_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515B_denarius" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515B_denarius</a></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517A_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517A_denarius" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517A_denarius</a></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius</a></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517D" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517D" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517D</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Two key elements - if Faustina has <b>band of pearls round head </b>or she's <b>bare-headed. </b>I admit in shame that I don't understand the difference from the OCRE examples. </p><p>Second key element - holding apple in right hand and <b>rudder set on dove</b>, in left OR</p><p><b>rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in left</b></p><p>I really can't see a dove or a dolphin in the OCRE examples no matter how hard I try and of course, not on my coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any ideas, please?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ambr0zie, post: 7400257, member: 80952"]Hello ladies and gentlemen, I won a Faustina Jr denarius. I only have 1 denarius from her so I'll gladly take it, not a fantastic coin but not junk either, in my opinion. I know there are Faustina fans around here so I would like their help, please. [ATTACH=full]1287168[/ATTACH] Obverse Legend: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL Reverse Legend: VENVS I didn't know there were Faustina II coins under Antoninus Pius, so this is another plus for me. Now the tricky part. Having the legends visible I thought getting the RIC number will be easy (I know this is not that important but I like finding the RIC/RSC number for all the imperial coins I buy). But I am miserably failing for a few hours now. Found the following suspects with the same legends, similar designs (from what I can see) and I eliminated the coins where Faustina is wearing a stephane/Venus has a sceptre as this is not the case with my coin: [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515A_denarius[/URL] [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.515B_denarius[/URL] [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517A_denarius[/URL] [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius[/URL] [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517D[/URL] Two key elements - if Faustina has [B]band of pearls round head [/B]or she's [B]bare-headed. [/B]I admit in shame that I don't understand the difference from the OCRE examples. Second key element - holding apple in right hand and [B]rudder set on dove[/B], in left OR [B]rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in left[/B] I really can't see a dove or a dolphin in the OCRE examples no matter how hard I try and of course, not on my coin. Any ideas, please?[/QUOTE]
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