On this large maiolica "bella donna" dish in the National Gallery of Art, the name Faustina appears. This occurrence is likely no more than the...
Thanks to the work of Martin Beckmann,[1] we have been able to arrange the undated coinage of Faustina I in chronological order and, in many...
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[ATTACH] A blindfolded, armed Cupid (1452/66) by Piero della Francesca. [ATTACH] Caravaggio's Amor Vincit Omnia, 1601–1602. Ah, Cupid! This...
For much of the early 170s, Faustina II accompanied her husband Marcus Aurelius on campaign to the northern front, probably in what is now modern...
"The Lost Legions Of Varus explores the flaws in Roman imperial policy, as well as the frailties of the human condition – factors both relevant in...
In honor of it being Superb owl Sunday, post a coin with an owl that you think is superb! I'll start: [IMG] Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BC. Greek Æ...
Aezani (Greek Αἰζανοί) in northern Phrygia, near the headwaters of the Rhyndacus, was a political and economic center of modest importance in...
Welcome to the latest edition of T-Bone Tuesday, where we celebrate the coinage of Trebonianus (T-Bone) Gallus and/or his son and co-emperor,...
[MEDIA] I saw this fun little coin going cheap at auction and I thought to myself, "That would make a fine little snack!" [ATTACH] What's not...
None of the coins of Faustina II issued under Marcus Aureus cause more confusion than those featuring the goddess Ceres holding a torch (Ceres...
The Latin language has several words for what in English might be rendered by happiness. Three of these appear regularly on Roman coins:...
Throughout his entire reign, Gallus' coinage tried to portrayed him as a different kind of emperor from Decius -- Gallus as a benevolent ruler who...
Although the coin itself says it was minted in Caesarea, there has been disagreement between numismatists over the years as to which Caesarea may...
After the death and deification of Faustina I in November, AD 140, there followed a massive series of consecration issues issued by the Rome mint...
I was the high bidder on this homely sestertius of Faustina II at the current Bertolami auction. [ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman...
This coin was likely issued AD 143-145 to commemorate the dedication of the Temple to Diva Faustina in Rome. Among the various types issued during...
Though often described as "The Three Graces" in auction catalogs, the deities featured on the reverse of this coin are better described as the...
The reverse motif on this as[1] of Faustina was used only for this denomination, which raises the question of whether it might have been issued...
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