RIC VII, SISCIA 188/182, FAUSTA, HYBRID [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	FLAVMAX-FAVSTAAVG [FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG]; bust r., head bare, waved hair, mantled [SISCIA 188].
REVERSE	•CESNNOSTRORVN [• CESN (sic!) NOSTRORVN (sic!)]; laurel wreath enclosing VOT/X. SIS• in exergue [SISCIA 182].
NOT IN RIC	HYBRID. Obverse SISCIA 188 with reverse SISCIA 182 [or 165-167, 169-170, 172-173, 175-176, 178-179, 181]. But note crude style, errors in rev. legend and absence of officina letter.

NOTES

Weight 2.55 g. Coin sold on Gorny & Mosch auction in October 2009 for EUR 150. Other specimens: - similar specimen from Wildwinds; contributed by Dane Kurth; significantly better style, but note "O" in "VOT"; m.m. probably imitates that of SISCIA 180-182 [click for picture].