Watch List notes:

Diva Faustina II, legend placement error. Died 175 AD. Denarius, 3.11g (1h). Rome. Obv: DIVA FAV - STINA PIA Bust draped right. Rx: CONSECRA - TIO, beginning at 2 o'clock and ending at 10 o'clock; Altar enclosure with base, central door, and volutes left and right on top. The reverse legend was meant to start at 8 o'clock and end at 4 o'clock, but the engraver confused the top and bottom of the altar and engraved the legend upside down. If the reverse is turned so that the legend is correctly aligned, then the altar is upside down. Legend error of BM 725, Cohen 75, and RIC 746. Possibly unpublished, though C. Clay knows another example of this error, from the same reverse die, in a private collection. Exceptional portrait in high relief, interesting engraver's error on reverse. Mint State

Ex Phillip Davis Collection