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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4231697, member: 75937&quot;]That is a nice-looking coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] , in addition to being a <i>rara avis</i>! It&#039;s a great feeling to recognize and obtain a rarity when the opportunity presents itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type is 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.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC lists it, citing Cohen. Strack cites examples in Paris (the specimen cited by Cohen) and Naples. Neither of these specimens are available for viewing online. However, [USER=110988]@paulus_dinius[/USER] was able to provide a photograph of a plaster cast of a specimen from Münzhandlung Basel (Auction 1), June 28,1934, pl. 29, 1171:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-consecratio-funeral-pyre-dupondius-m%C3%BCnzhandlung-basel-jpg.1045650/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a reverse die-match to my coin (RIC 1189; BMCRE p. 236 *; Cohen 187; RCV --; Strack 1238):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-consecratio-funeral-pyre-dupondius-jpg.1045649/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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