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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7641729, member: 75937"]A couple of coins arrived in the mail yesterday and today. I weighed them, measured their diameter, and took my own photos of them today:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314024[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 4.17 g, 7 h.</p><p>Phrygia, Ankyra, AD 138-140.</p><p>Obv: ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΝΚΥΡ-ΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags.</p><p>Refs: RPC IV.2, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1732" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1732" rel="nofollow">1732</a> (temporary); SNG Cop 139.</p><p>Notes: The Greek obverse inscription, ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, makes no mention of the empress' deified status and corresponds to FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, used on imperial issues from AD 139-140. Accordingly, RPC dates the coin to "early in the reign of Antoninus Pius," and suggests "c. 138-140."</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314018[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.17 g, 31.0 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 153.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right, with earlier (Beckmann type 2b) coiffure. </p><p>Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1383(3); BMCRE 2180-81; Cohen 206; Strack 1325; Sear 4717.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7641729, member: 75937"]A couple of coins arrived in the mail yesterday and today. I weighed them, measured their diameter, and took my own photos of them today: [ATTACH=full]1314024[/ATTACH] Faustina I, AD 138-140. Roman provincial Æ 19.1 mm, 4.17 g, 7 h. Phrygia, Ankyra, AD 138-140. Obv: ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΑΝΚΥΡ-ΑΝΩΝ, cult statue of Ephesian Artemis standing facing, wearing kalathos, arms resting on supports and flanked by two stags. Refs: RPC IV.2, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/1732']1732[/URL] (temporary); SNG Cop 139. Notes: The Greek obverse inscription, ΦΑΥϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤΗ, makes no mention of the empress' deified status and corresponds to FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, used on imperial issues from AD 139-140. Accordingly, RPC dates the coin to "early in the reign of Antoninus Pius," and suggests "c. 138-140." [ATTACH=full]1314018[/ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.17 g, 31.0 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 153. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right, with earlier (Beckmann type 2b) coiffure. Rev: S C, Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding out arrow in right hand and resting left on bow, set on ground. Refs: RIC 1383(3); BMCRE 2180-81; Cohen 206; Strack 1325; Sear 4717.[/QUOTE]
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