Classical Numismatics' latest video -- Roman Empresses!

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  1. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    It's high time the fellow added some Faustina coins to his collection! ;)



    Here are my examples of his Faustina I denarii.

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    Faustina Sr AVGVSTA Ceres torch and short scepter Denarius.jpg

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  3. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    I greatly admire your passion for this often overlooked area of collecting. I would love to track down a lifetime Faustina denarius for myself.
     
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  4. Ryro

    Ryro Trying to remove supporter status

    Some of my favs of these ladies:
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    He's right. Otacilia was a fox!:kiss:
     
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  5. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    This is my prettiest portrait of Otacilia.

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  6. DonnaML

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  7. happy_collector

    happy_collector Well-Known Member

    My Faustina I and Otacilia :)

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  8. Terence Cheesman

    Terence Cheesman Well-Known Member

    Julia Domna Ar Denarius Laodicea ad Mare Obv Cust right draped Rv Pudicitia seated left. RIC 644 3,50 grms 18mm jdomnad2.jpg
     
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  9. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Do moms count as "empresses"? Here is my latest - a denarius of Julia Soaemias - mother of Elagabalus:

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    Julia Soaemias Denarius
    (218-222 A.D.)
    Rome Mint
    IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated left, holding apple and scepter; at her feet, child standing right.
    RIC 243; BMC 55-60; RSC 14.
    (2.72 grams / 18 mm)
    eBay July 2021

    "...the coin’s reverse depicts Venus Caelestis, the Roman equivalent of Carthaginian goddess Dea Caelesis, who was wedded to Elagabal (courtesy of Elagabalus) as part of a parallel ritual wherein the young Augustus married the noblewoman Annia Faustina. This ceremony intended – and failed - to ameliorate the chaotic imperial situation."
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    Here's my only Faustina I lifetime denarius - not the best peacock ever rendered on a Roman coin, that's for sure:

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    Faustina I Denarius
    (c. 138-141 A.D.) (Lifetime)
    Rome Mint
    FAVSTINA AVGVSTA; draped bust right. / IVNONI REGINAE; throne, draped, sceptre against it; below peacock with tail spread.
    RIC 339a; RSC 219.
    (2.68 grams / 18 mm)
    eBay Apr. 2018
     
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  10. Julius Germanicus

    Julius Germanicus Well-Known Member

    Sestertii of the Antonine Empresses: Sabina, Faustina I and II, Lucilla

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  11. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

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  12. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    My pretty Faustina Sr.
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  13. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    Crispina, wife of Commodus!
    Crispina AE Sestertius RIC 670.JPG

    Probably one of my favorite empress coins is this Faustina II with lovely, "honest" wear:
    Faustina II AE Sestertius RIC 1663.JPG
     
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