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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7931660, member: 75937&quot;]It&#039;s always a thrill to find a previously unattested variety, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]! That <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-late-sestertius-of-faustina-ii-with-a-dative-obverse-inscription-previously-unattested.373298/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-late-sestertius-of-faustina-ii-with-a-dative-obverse-inscription-previously-unattested.373298/">happened to me early this year</a>. I found a sestertius with a dative case obverse inscription that had never been published.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-diana-lvcifera-s-c-sestertius-dative-case-inscription-jpg.1232766/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 20.66 g, 29 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 174-175.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINAE AVGVSTAE, bare-headed and draped bust, right; late coiffure.</p><p>Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA S C, Diana standing right, holding lighted torch in both hands.</p><p>Refs: Dinsdale 007295 (this coin), otherwise unattested with dative obverse inscription; cf. RIC 1630, BMCRE 899-900, Cohen 88, RCV 5272, MIR 8-6/10c.</p><p><br /></p><p>It turned out not to be unique, however, which is fine. [USER=85693]@Marsyas Mike[/USER] had one in his collection and was aware of one other that had previously sold on e-Bay. [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] found yet another. All four known examples are obverse die-matches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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