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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7315053, member: 75937&quot;]RIC 710/Cohen 190 specifically notes stars above the children&#039;s heads. Here&#039;s the RIC listing for all the SAECVLI FELICIT types in gold and silver:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278547[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve never seen an example of RIC 710 on the market. The British Museum does not own a specimen. The example at <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.710" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.710" rel="nofollow">OCRE</a> (the <a href="https://www.kenom.de/objekt/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_185995/2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kenom.de/objekt/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_185995/2/" rel="nofollow">specimen</a> in the Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen) isn&#039;t clear. The <a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/RIC_0710.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/faustina_II/RIC_0710.jpg" rel="nofollow">one at Wildwinds</a> is wishful thinking when it comes to the stars above the boys&#039; heads.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG sold <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2836108" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2836108" rel="nofollow">an example of RIC 709</a> in their Triton XIX sale, though, which shows the stars.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278548[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not just the middle bronze that has the stars as a routine design element. My sestertius has them, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278549[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>BMCRE of course, does not mention it, because none of their examples have stars.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278550[/ATTACH] </p><p>Cohen makes no mention of stars, nor does Szaivert in his various discussion of reverse types (pp. 45, 67).</p><p><br /></p><p>Stars DO make an appearance above the twin boys on this (unique?) bronze medallion (37 mm) with an anepigraphic reverse in Paris (Gnecchi II p.42, 33 and pl. 69, 8; MIR 1006-1/20a), though unlisted in Cohen. Here&#039;s the Gnecchi plate as reproduced in Dinsdale:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1278551[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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