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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7666658, member: 75937&quot;]That is a gorgeous coin, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]! Very desirable toning and well-struck, well-centered, and well-preserved!</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s safe to say the date can be narrowed down to AD 140. Her earliest inscription, FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG, was probably in use for only a short time before Antoninus Pius accepted the title of Pater Patriae in early AD 139 (sometime before 1 March) and her inscription changed to FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PP on the AU and AR issues. The change of titulature to FAVSTINA AVGVSTA is undated, yet is so prominent that it was likely prompted by a significant political change. The most important event of the period was the joint-consulship of Antoninus and Aurelius Caesar in 140. This is likely the background against which this change was made; Faustina&#039;s new inscription completes the dynastic triad: Augustus, Augusta and Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Pace</i> Mattingly,[1] but an end date of AD 141 is too late; the empress had died. According to the <i>Fasti Ostienses</i> for AD 140, &quot;on October 23(?) Faustina Augusta died and on the same day was named <i>diva</i> by the Senate and a senatorial decree was made awarding her a state funeral.&quot;[2] Again, unfortunately, the dating formula is uncertain and the precise date unrecoverable, and her death could have occurred at any time between 23 October and 6 November,[3] but the beginning of this period is more probable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my example of the coin. It&#039;s not nearly as nice but it illustrates that Concordia may be depicted with double or single cornucopiae on this issue. Although BMCRE describes Concordia leaning on column, this is an error; none of the British Museum&#039;s specimens have it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-concordia-avg-denarius-jpg.854003/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.40 g, 17 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 139-140.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 335; BMCRE 133-135; Cohen/RSC 151; RCV 4668; UCR 199; CRE 93.</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Mattingly et al. assign a death date to AD 141 because her consecration coinage of Alexandria only begins in year 5 of Pius&#039; reign, which began after 31 August, AD 141. See Mattingly, Harold and Sydenham, Edward A. <i>The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus</i>, London, Spink, 1986, p. xxxiii n. 6.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. <i>Fasti Ostienses</i> (tablet O, lines 11-12), quoted and translated by Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012, p. 22.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Vidman, Ladislav. <i>Fasti Ostienses</i>. Prague, Academia, 1982, p. 122.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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