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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iamtiberius, post: 1868665, member: 37707&quot;]Faustina Senior Denarius. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AETERNITAS, Juno or Aeternitas standing left, hand raised, holding scepter</p><p>[ATTACH=full]315200[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>ERIC II and RIC recognizes the reverse figure as Juno. I&#039;ve seen a few other references that recognize the reverse as Aeternitas; some even remain indifferent and classify the reverse as Juno or Aeternitas. I spent a whole whopping 15 minutes researching both Aeternitas and Juno.&nbsp; Aeternitas is typically seen as an abstract Goddess of the state of Rome, whereas Juno is seeing as the Roman equivalent to Hera and the watcher of women. </p><p><br /></p><p>My question is, why would engravers place the name of a separate goddess on the back of the coin, yet depict the embodiment of another? Regardless of the answer, I&#039;m happy with my new denarius and hope to learn a little bit more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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