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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 8054794, member: 109923&quot;]Very interesting. I&#039;m definitely looking out for those coins of &#039;British association&#039;, as otherwise I don&#039;t have much of an excuse to buy any of Faustina <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you mention, this is of British association both in the subject matter and the likelihood that it was struck for use in Britain...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius As, 154-155</b></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/ol/ca0qk3ugwevk.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Britain or Rome. Bronze, 8.6g. Laureate head, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII. Britannia seated left on rock, resting head on hand; arms in background, BRITANNIA - COS IIII, SC in exergue (RIC III, 934).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Given the numbers found in Britain and Rome, these were probably either struck in Britain (from dies cut in Rome) or to circulate in Britain. Indeed, they were probably struck in both Rome and Britain, with the British issues being lighter (8.8g), and stylistically inferior. Britannia is thought to either be in mourning (holding her hand to her forehead) or at peace - the Roman shield at her side and a Roman army flag nearby remind the local people of the protection given by the Roman army on the northern frontier.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a lot of coins struck to commemorate victories in Britain. I don&#039;t know if they were intended for circulation in Britain in particular, but I presume the Romans would want to get their message out to the British. This is one of them:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commodus VICT BRIT Commemorative Sestertius, 184</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1395330[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Rome. Bronze, 29.5mm, 22.6g. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT. Victory, winged, draped, seated right on shields, cradling palm frond in right arm, inscribing shield set on knee, two shields on ground, VICT BRIT P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P S C, VICT BRIT in exergue (RIC III, 440). </b>A serious revolt erupted in Britain in 184, which was quickly put down.</p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, Commodus was Faustina II&#039;s son and Faustina&#039;s grandson, so it links through them too...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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