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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8046627, member: 85693&quot;]Am I obsessed with this thread?&nbsp; I&#039;ve never really been much of a dancer (as Paul sings in &quot;Helter Skelter&quot;) but I just keep coming back to the rave... a &quot;British Association&quot; torch with a Gaul (the famous Obelix) dancing with a torch:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1392829[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Faustina I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Dupondius</b></p><p><b>3rd Phase, part 2: wedding of Faustina II to M. Aurelius</b></p><p><b>(c. 154-155 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA S-C, Ceres standing left holding short torch in raised right hand and corn-ears in lowered left hand.</p><p>RIC III, 1171 type 1; Cohen 89.</p><p>(12.71 grams / 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Sep. 2020 (Estonia) </p><p>&quot;British Association&quot; coins were Roman as and dupondius issues from Hadrian to Antoninus Pius for Britain.&nbsp; This conclusion from D. R. Walker, <i>Roman Coins from</i></p><p><i>the Sacred Springs at Bath</i>.&nbsp; See CT Sep. 24, 2021, RC via Curtis Clay &quot;The Supply of Bronze Coins to Britain...&quot; for date, etc. Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 149 1989 p. 215</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://c.tenor.com/lMqUjuGa-_oAAAAC/obelix-dancing.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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