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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2977856, member: 75937&quot;]I&#039;ve been researching this recent acquisition:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732068[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175 </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g, 25.1 mm, 6 h </font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 161-175 </font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm </font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1650; BMCRE p. 541, *; Cohen 137; RCV 5298; MIR 18.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be much scarcer than RIC would imply. RIC says 1650 is &quot;common.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I can find several examples of the corresponding sestertius, RIC 1649, but not a single example of the dupondius is to be found among the 31575 Roman imperial coins at <a href="http://www.coinproject.com/issuer_middle.php?type=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinproject.com/issuer_middle.php?type=3" rel="nofollow">The Coin Project</a>, and none are to be found at <a href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinarchives.com/a/" rel="nofollow">Coin Archives</a> or <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/" rel="nofollow">acsearchinfo</a>. <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx" rel="nofollow">CNG</a> has never sold one and none are for sale at <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">V-Coins</a>. The only example I could find online is this <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s5298.html#RIC_1650" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s5298.html#RIC_1650" rel="nofollow">one from the Wildwinds database</a>. It has to be scarce, if not rare. Anyone know of other examples online? </p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant, of course.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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