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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3973115, member: 75937&quot;][ATTACH=full]1045649[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Senior, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius, 16.19 g, 26.1 mm, 10 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-141.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by Faustina in biga right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1189; BMCRE p. 236 *; Cohen 187; RCV --; Strack 1238.</p><p>____</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin appears to be quite rare in the middle bronze denomination. The British Museum does not have an example and it is not to be found at Wildwinds, OCRE, The Coin Project, coinscatalog.com, in the CNG archives or on a search at acsearchinfo. RIC lists it, citing Cohen. Until recently, I had been unable to find another citation or another example anywhere online.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I have since been in contact with Paul Dinsdale, the author of a book in progress* about early Antonine coinage. He lists the coin as no. 018370, and notes that Strack cites examples in Paris (the specimen cited by Cohen) and Naples. Neither of these specimens are available for viewing online. Dinsdale provides an illustration, a photograph of a plaster cast of the coin from Münzhandlung Basel (Auction 1), June 28,1934, pl. 29, 1171:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1045650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe this is a reverse die-match to my coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1045649[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, that makes four known examples of the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Paris specimen</p><p>2. Naples specimen</p><p>3. Münzhandlung Basel specimen</p><p>4. My specimen</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are aware of any other examples of this coin, please let me know.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*Dinsdale, Paul H. <i>Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius Caesar AD 138-161: Antonine Coinage.</i> Leeds, Paul H Dinsdale, 2018.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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