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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4599359, member: 87404"]I really like these Fecunditas reverses. Here is Faustina II with 4 'bay-bays' on the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181226_233820197-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 161-176 AD, Rome mint</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms, S-C across field.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC III 1635</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 34mm, 24.2g</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And Lucilla, presumably one of those kiddos on the above coin, was a fertile myrtle as well:</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190122_172536401.jpg?w=723" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><b>Lucilla, Wife of Verus, Daughter of Aurelius</b></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 164-169 AD, Rome</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Obverse: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reverse: FECVNDITAS, Lucilla as Fecunditas, draped, seated right on low seat, nursing infant; before her, a girl standing; behind her, a boy standing; SC in exergue.</font></p><p><font size="3">References: RIC III 1738</font></p><p><font size="3">Size: 32mm, 24.4g</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4599359, member: 87404"]I really like these Fecunditas reverses. Here is Faustina II with 4 'bay-bays' on the reverse: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20181226_233820197-1.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius[/B] [B]AE Sestertius, Struck 161-176 AD, Rome mint[/B] Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina II, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right. Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms, S-C across field. References: RIC III 1635 Size: 34mm, 24.2g[/SIZE] And Lucilla, presumably one of those kiddos on the above coin, was a fertile myrtle as well: [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190122_172536401.jpg?w=723[/IMG] [SIZE=3][B]Lucilla, Wife of Verus, Daughter of Aurelius[/B] [B]AE Sestertius, Struck 164-169 AD, Rome[/B] Obverse: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right. Reverse: FECVNDITAS, Lucilla as Fecunditas, draped, seated right on low seat, nursing infant; before her, a girl standing; behind her, a boy standing; SC in exergue. References: RIC III 1738 Size: 32mm, 24.4g[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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