After a good long wait i've succeeded in acquiring this lil fertile turtle! Faustina the Younger AR denarious 141 AD Fecunditas standing holding scepter and child reverse 16.5mm 3.29gms FEEL FREE TO POST YOUR COINS AND COMMENTS PEEPS!
YEAH @ominus1 ! Here is my Fausty Jr! RI Faustina Jr 161-175 CE Ar Denarius m Marcus Aurelius 17.1mm 3g
Nice score Monominusphthalmus! I wonder if there is a way to figure approximately how many times a coin has been held by the smoothness? If there is, then I bet this lil Denarius of mine has been in most hands...and if the stories of this empress are true, then so had she! Ba dum tsss Faustina II AR Denarius. Rome, c. 147- 150. Draped bust r. / Concordia seated l., holding flower and resting l. arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat. RIC Pius 502a
Your coin comes with two bust styles: draped bust right with strands of pearls in the hair (BMC 91-93, RSC 99) and a diademed, draped bust right (yours; BMC 94,RSC 99b). The diademed bust is scarce. Here's mine without the diadem: Faustina II under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175 Roman AR denarius, 3.20 g, 17.4 mm, 11 h Rome, AD 161-175 Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, a band of pearls decorates her head, her hair waved and fastened in a bun behind the head Rev: FECVN DITAS, Fecunditas standing right, holding scepter and infant Refs: RIC 677; BMCRE 91-93; RSC 99; RCV 5252; MIR 9; CRE 176.
