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Message:: [QUOTE="TIF, post: 2247929, member: 56859"]I agree with John:  provincial of Faustina, probably Faustina II. The reverse appears to be a female deity or personification, standing right, probably feeding a serpent from a patera.  I think the deity may be Hygieia. It may be possible to narrow it down further. Edited:  Gerhard Rohde (Vcoins seller) has listed <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/gerhard_rohde-135/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=faustina+II&store_between=0&store_between_and=99999&searchMaxRecords=100&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchDate=&searchDateType=0&store_order_by=&solditems=False" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/gerhard_rohde-135/search/all/0/Default.aspx?store_search=faustina+II&store_between=0&store_between_and=99999&searchMaxRecords=100&searchDisplayAsList=False&searchDate=&searchDateType=0&store_order_by=&solditems=False" rel="nofollow">a boatload of Faustina II provincials</a> in the last week.  Maybe you can find a similar coin amongst his offerings. Roman Provincial Coinage Online is another good database which may reveal some matches.  Try using the Identification Search (<a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/" rel="nofollow">link</a>) selecting Faustina II and Hygieia (or Salus).[/QUOTE]