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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 8258685, member: 120820&quot;]I just received this coin today, interesting both in of itself, and for it&#039;s provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456255[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG</p><p>Rev: SPES REIPVBLICAE</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is from Ticinum, from a rare issue marked &quot;H + crescent&quot;, RIC VII Ticinum 186-188. RIC only lists Constantine (VOT XXX) and the caesars Crispus &amp; Constantine II (VOT XX) in this issue, but here we have Fausta as well. I&#039;ve never seen reference to Fausta in this issue before - maybe unpublished?</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin came with an old collectors ticket, and a provenance of ex. Capt. Daniel Turner which I hadn&#039;t paid much attention to when I bought the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456256[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see Capt. Turner&#039;s forte wasn&#039;t roman coin attribution !</p><p><br /></p><p>However, Capt. Turner was evidentially a very capable seaman, having been assigned to the USS Constitution during the war of 1812, and later going on to become it&#039;s captain in 1835 !</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/crew/daniel-turner/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/crew/daniel-turner/" rel="nofollow">https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/crew/daniel-turner/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The provenance to Capt. Turner seems solid given that the seller bought his coin collection from descendants of the Turner family.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456258[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As a British expat, all I can say to Capt. Turner, should he be listening, is &quot;Boo yah! You may have won the war, but I&#039;ve got your coin ... and you misattributed it!&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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