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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4023516, member: 75937&quot;]I spent much of Saturday evening photographing specimens from my Faustina I subcollection. For some reason, I had never bothered to photograph these denarii before. This is a shame because RIC 362 is actually the first coin of Faustina Senior I ever acquired for my collection! Ladies and gentlemen -- making her Coin Talk debut, please give a warm welcome to Ceres and her long torch!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058205[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140/1.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.69 g, 18.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 145 or later.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding two corn-ears in right hand and torch in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 360a; BMC 408-414; Cohen/RSC 78; RCV 4582; Strack 474; CRE 76.</p><p>Notes: R.I.N. 20 (1907), p.564, no.167 (Budapest) = RSC 78c: &quot;Ceres holding corn-ears and sceptre&quot; – is probably no true variant. Likewise, A.S.F.N., 9 (1885) p.205, no.28 (Gnecchi coll.) = RSC 78b: &quot;Ceres, veiled, standing l., holding torch and corn-ears&#039; is probably this coin with the attributes listed in the wrong order.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1058207[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140/1.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.18 g, 18.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 145 or later.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing facing, head left, holding long torch in right hand and fold of drapery in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 362; BMC 421-427; Cohen/RSC 104; RCV 4584; Strack 468; CRE 85.</p><p>Notes: Strack considers the reverse figure to be Aeternitas. Cohen: Ceres not veiled.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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