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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7313967, member: 110350"]Thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]. Great coins all. I'm always amazed by the number and variety of your Faustina II coins. But I'm glad you didn't buy the sestertius, and thereby left one for me!</p><p><br /></p><p>My denarius with the twins on the pulvinar has Faustina wearing a stephane. I didn't realize that there's also a variety without one. I take it that none of the denarii of that type has the stars above the twins' heads; only the middle bronze?</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you know if there are there any other reference works that might be consulted that might list the sestertius with "stars" variant, other than Dinsdale? I'm simply curious as to when anyone first noticed it, since it's unlisted in RIC III, published back in 1930.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7313967, member: 110350"]Thanks, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]. Great coins all. I'm always amazed by the number and variety of your Faustina II coins. But I'm glad you didn't buy the sestertius, and thereby left one for me! My denarius with the twins on the pulvinar has Faustina wearing a stephane. I didn't realize that there's also a variety without one. I take it that none of the denarii of that type has the stars above the twins' heads; only the middle bronze? Do you know if there are there any other reference works that might be consulted that might list the sestertius with "stars" variant, other than Dinsdale? I'm simply curious as to when anyone first noticed it, since it's unlisted in RIC III, published back in 1930.[/QUOTE]
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