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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3392214, member: 85693"]Back in September 2017 I needed help with a Faustina II as I picked up at my local dealer for ten bucks. Roman Collector helped me out with attribution because I was finding examples hard to find on line (thanks again, RC!). <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-attribution-help-please.302709/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-attribution-help-please.302709/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-attribution-help-please.302709/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-dupond-felic-aug-17-comb-jpg.675968/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II Æ As </b></p><p><b>(c. 153-155 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / FELICITAS SC, Felicitas standing left with caduceus, left hand on hip.</p><p>RIC (Pius) 1395; Cohen 108</p><p>(10.10 grams / 25 mm)</p><p>"British Association" type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I decided to start looking again into this coin, which again, I thought would be quite common. As I started digging, I found some interesting information regarding this and other as and dupondius issues from the Hadrian to Antoninus Pius era - apparently some of these were issued exclusively (almost exclusively?) for use in Britain. This conclusion came from here: D. R. Walker, <i>Roman Coins from the Sacred Springs at Bath</i>. This study came about after excavations at Bath where over 12,000 Roman coins were found, some of which are not seen anywhere else but Britain. I haven't read the book so I am sort of going off online stuff. None available on Amazon right now: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-Sacred-Springs-Bath/dp/0947816992" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-Sacred-Springs-Bath/dp/0947816992" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-Sacred-Springs-Bath/dp/0947816992</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I couldn't find Walker, I did find Sam Moorhead's article, covering the same topic: <a href="http://www.academia.edu/12608461/Coins_of_British_Association_after_David_Walker_and_David_Shotter_with_additions_by_Sam_Moorhead" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/12608461/Coins_of_British_Association_after_David_Walker_and_David_Shotter_with_additions_by_Sam_Moorhead" rel="nofollow">http://www.academia.edu/12608461/Coins_of_British_Association_after_David_Walker_and_David_Shotter_with_additions_by_Sam_Moorhead</a></p><p><br /></p><p>According to Moorhead's article, my coin is featured in Walker's book: pp. 295 and 299, nos. 437-468, plate XXXVIII. I was pretty excited about this - and it may explain why this particular coin is fairly scarce. None came up on ACsearch, with OCRE and Wildwinds being about the only references I could find. I did find a UK metal detector reference for RIC 1395 - the finder also noted "British Association" - this example is a dupondius, apparently (RIC 1395 came in both denominations):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/materialTerm/Copper+alloy/reeceID/7/rulerName/Faustina+II+under+Antoninus+Pius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/materialTerm/Copper+alloy/reeceID/7/rulerName/Faustina+II+under+Antoninus+Pius" rel="nofollow">https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/materialTerm/Copper alloy/reeceID/7/rulerName/Faustina II under Antoninus Pius</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought this information would be of general interest to some out there - do any of you have "British Association" AE's based on Moorhead/Walker research? I know Roman Collector has one, because he shared it on my original post. Please share your coins - and any other information you might have about this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3392214, member: 85693"]Back in September 2017 I needed help with a Faustina II as I picked up at my local dealer for ten bucks. Roman Collector helped me out with attribution because I was finding examples hard to find on line (thanks again, RC!). [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-attribution-help-please.302709/[/url] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-dupond-felic-aug-17-comb-jpg.675968/[/IMG] [B]Faustina II Æ As (c. 153-155 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / FELICITAS SC, Felicitas standing left with caduceus, left hand on hip. RIC (Pius) 1395; Cohen 108 (10.10 grams / 25 mm) "British Association" type. Today I decided to start looking again into this coin, which again, I thought would be quite common. As I started digging, I found some interesting information regarding this and other as and dupondius issues from the Hadrian to Antoninus Pius era - apparently some of these were issued exclusively (almost exclusively?) for use in Britain. This conclusion came from here: D. R. Walker, [I]Roman Coins from the Sacred Springs at Bath[/I]. This study came about after excavations at Bath where over 12,000 Roman coins were found, some of which are not seen anywhere else but Britain. I haven't read the book so I am sort of going off online stuff. None available on Amazon right now: [url]https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Coins-Sacred-Springs-Bath/dp/0947816992[/url]) Although I couldn't find Walker, I did find Sam Moorhead's article, covering the same topic: [url]http://www.academia.edu/12608461/Coins_of_British_Association_after_David_Walker_and_David_Shotter_with_additions_by_Sam_Moorhead[/url] According to Moorhead's article, my coin is featured in Walker's book: pp. 295 and 299, nos. 437-468, plate XXXVIII. I was pretty excited about this - and it may explain why this particular coin is fairly scarce. None came up on ACsearch, with OCRE and Wildwinds being about the only references I could find. I did find a UK metal detector reference for RIC 1395 - the finder also noted "British Association" - this example is a dupondius, apparently (RIC 1395 came in both denominations): [URL='https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/materialTerm/Copper+alloy/reeceID/7/rulerName/Faustina+II+under+Antoninus+Pius']https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/materialTerm/Copper alloy/reeceID/7/rulerName/Faustina II under Antoninus Pius[/URL] I thought this information would be of general interest to some out there - do any of you have "British Association" AE's based on Moorhead/Walker research? I know Roman Collector has one, because he shared it on my original post. Please share your coins - and any other information you might have about this.[/QUOTE]
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