is this Faustina I or II?

I am leaning towards I with her bun

24mm
8.32 gm

 

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..well...post a pic and lettuce C....^^

 

Sorry I was just editing it now. I created the thread before adding the photo.

 

..i'd say that's Jr....

 

Thanks.
You know of the RIC ?

April

 

no, not right off the bat i don't..

 

Neither. That's a hairstyle used by Faustina II's daughter, Lucilla.

Yours is the middle bronze equivalent of this coin:


Lucilla, AD 164-169.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 25.14 g, 31.6 mm, 4 h.
Rome, AD 164-166.
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS S C, Pietas standing left beside altar.
Refs: RIC 1756; BMCRE 1161; Cohen 72; RCV 5505; MIR 16.

The hairstyle is clearer in this one:

 

i looked 100's of coins of Faustina Jr. before i found and got this one, and ironically it was listed as just Faustina..but the bun was a dead give away for me as to who it was..

 

it could be Lucilla too...i think RC's right...yours has the loop goin' on under the bun..

 

Wow I thought it was Faustina II after looking at the bun more closely. But I think it is Lucilla now after looking at the picture RC posted

Thank you both,
April

 

The OP's coin is a MB of Lucilla, RIC 1757; BMCRE p. 574, *; Cohen 55; RCV 5518; MIR 11.

 

Faustina Senior's bun is on the top of her head:

 

Here is a thread I wrote about Lucilla's hairstyles.

 

You might also get confused by Faustina II's daughter-in-law Crispina, who also wore her hair in a bun on the back of her head, but it was larger. See this thread about her hairstyles.

 

Thank you all again!

 

Here's my middle bronze Crispina for reference.