ANCIENT - Alphabetical Coins of Rulers!

Florian Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae
Minted in Lugdunum (No marks) Emission 1. Start August A.D. 276
Reference:– RIC 11 var Bust type C (Not listed without marke in RIC). Cohen 88 (note Cohen lists as Radiate, draped in error). Bastien 124 (12 examples cited)

 

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Florian Antoninianus
Obv:– IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– PACATOR ORBIS, Sol running left, holding up right hand, whip in left
Minted in Lugdunum (//III) Emission 3 Officina 3. August A.D. 276
Reference:– RIC 7 Bust type F. Cohen 46. Bastien 137

 

"Unrivaled" would be an slight exaggeration.

 

FAUSTINA Sr
AR Denarii

 

FAUSTINA Sr
AE Sestertius

 

FAUSTINA Sr
AE As

 

FAUSTINA JR
AR Denarii

 

Florianus Antoninianus

 

Fausta AE3

 

Faustina Jr Denarius

 

Faustina Jr Denarius "Peacocking"

 

Faustina Sr

 

I feared I may have killed the thread in "A" with my 3MB files. Optimized and ready to go!!!

 

Faustina Senior, Denarius -
Obv:- DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust right
Rev:- ATERNITAS, Aeternitas standing holding sceptre
Minted in Rome. post A.D. 141
Reference:– RIC 344

 

Faustina Junior Posthumous Denarius
Obv:– DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, Draped bust right
Rev:– CONSECRATIO, Funeral pyre; Faustina II atop, riding biga towards
Minted in Rome. A.D. 176-180
References:– Cohen 77. BMC 698. RIC 747 (Rated scarce).

 

I have an "F" coin & it's not Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Faustina Senior
AR Denari ca. 141 AD

3.15 grams, 16 mm
Obv: Draped bust of Faustina Senior facing right. DIVA FAUSTINA
Reverse: Pietas standing sacrificing at altar AVGVSTA
Grade: aEF coin that is sharp & clear even at the points of highest relief on Faustina’s ear.
Other: Faustina Sr. was the wife of Antoninus Pius & died in 141 AD. From Fairchester Numismatic Properties, Vincent Blume, August 2013.



The coin is sitting on a piece of Malachite.

 

Fausta - Ae3
Obv:– FLAV • MAX • FAVSTA AVG, Draped bust right
Rev:– SPES REIPVBLICAE, Spes standing left with two children in her arms
Minted in Lugdunum. PLG in exe. end A.D. 324 – A.D. 325
Reference:– RIC VII Lugdunum 235 (R2). Bastien Vol. XIII 193 (20 examples cited)

 

No worries, friend. The last few loaded up pronto.

 

Diocaesarea, Cilicia, issued this unusual AE28 in the name of Annia Faustina but the honored lady is the one we know as Faustina II. Also unusual is the off centered bust and really flowery thunderbolt.

 

My nasty looking Faustina I (and my only coin of her):
With Ceres reverse.


If it doesn't get any likes I understand lol