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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3393452, member: 75937&quot;]Wow, [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] ! What a fascinating article! I had no idea!</p><p><br /></p><p>I rephotographed my example of RIC 1395 since I originally posted it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901507[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr, Augusta AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman Æ as or dupondius, 11.41 g, 23.8 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 153-155?</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: FELICITAS SC, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus, left hand on hip.</p><p>Refs: RIC (Pius) 1395; BMCRE 2187; Cohen 108; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is another coin of Faustina II in Moorhead&#039;s article in my collection! I purchased it from Nile Ancient Coins in 2007. It is not in RIC or Sear. I <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-unlisted-by-ric-or-sear.311209/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-ii-dupondius-unlisted-by-ric-or-sear.311209/">wrote about it</a> nearly a year ago and was able to find four other examples online, two with a thin column like this one and two with a thicker column. I think mine is a reverse die-match (though not the obverse) with the one in Moorhead&#039;s article. Perhaps [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] would be so kind as to create overlays of the coins to see.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venus-and-column-dupondius-jpg.740542/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Jr, under Antoninus Pius, 147-161.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 11.60 gm, 25.5 mm, 2 h</p><p>Rome, AD 153-155?</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and leaning elbow against a column</p><p>Refs: RIC --; BMC p. 856 *; Cohen 271; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the relevant section from Moorhead&#039;s article:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]901515[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the examples is the British Museum specimen, with which mine is an obverse die-match, but not a reverse die match:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venus-and-column-dupondius-bmc-jpg.740545/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>BMC specimen, 13 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating, fascinating stuff!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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