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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3773096, member: 75937&quot;]Lots like this are fun and they can be very educational, because they teach how to look closely at a coin&#039;s iconography for clues.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s Faustina II. The chignon is small and at the back of the head. Crispina had a larger bun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008995[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Crispina:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008997[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>When the bun is larger, that&#039;s when distinguishing between the two is hard, because on many of Faustina II&#039;s issues -- particularly later in her reign -- she had a big chignon.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the identity of the goddess on the reverse, with a scepter held in this way, Hera seems the most likely possibility.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of my coins of Faustina II with Hera on the reverse, the top from Pautalia (which really needs to be re-photographed), the second from Hadrianopolis:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008991[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1008994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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