RIC VII, ROME 271, FAUSTA, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE [CONFIRMATION]

OBVERSE	FLAVMAX-FAVSTAAVG [FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG]; bust r., head bare, waved hair, mantled.
REVERSE	SPESREI-PVBLICAE [SPES REIPVBLICAE]; Spes stg., r. foot on square object, looking l., cloak across l. shoulder, one child std. on r. knee, another child in her arms, r. breast appears to be bare. RP in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE [CONFIRMATION]. Specimen of this type is mentioned in RIC only in footnote (271 on p. 326) as "a similar coin of unusual rev. variety" but it must be emphasized that this reverse is significantly different from reverse of normal ROME 271. The description of reverse is taken from the footnote cited above, however, the "square object" could be also identified as a cuirass. In the present author's opinion this type should be listed separately after ROMA 271.

NOTES

Weight 2.705 g; diameter 18 mm. From NVMMVS BIBLE II Forum; posted by crispus [Thanks to the collaboration of Myriam Phéline].