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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3060623, member: 88829&quot;]Some variations on the OP:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I in the first posthumous obverse inscription and the anepigraphic reverse featuring Ceres standing facing right holding grain in left hand and long scepter in her right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]767571[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A somewhat later posthumous Faustina with Ceres enthroned facing right holding a long scepter.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]767573[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse figure on this denarius of Faustina II is a left facing mirror image of the standing Ceres figure we saw above except for the fact that a torch replaces the scepter.</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]767604[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a seated Ceres variety for Faustina II, in which Ceres faces left holding grain ears higher than usual and a short scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767608[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally a denarius of Crispina featuring the left facing figure of Ceres standing holding out grain ears in her right hand and a long, burning torch in her left.&nbsp; This is the same motif as we show for Faustina II just above. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]767609[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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