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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8320367, member: 75937"]TGIFF, everybody! Today we’ll be talking about a wedding!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/vTfFCC3rSfKco/giphy.gif?cid=790b761181aed26910a89e30ba205b333143bd6eb987faf8&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's some Mendelssohn to get you in the mood.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]0Oo4z37OUEI[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, we're not talking about just any wedding, but the marriage of Faustina the Younger to her <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-you-marry-your-cousin-who-happens-to-be-your-step-sister.348814/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-you-marry-your-cousin-who-happens-to-be-your-step-sister.348814/">biological cousin and stepbrother</a>, Marcus Aurelius, which took place in March or May AD 145 at the monument to Concordia in Ostia.[1] This monument had been constructed in response to a senatorial decree within three weeks of Faustina the Elder's death in AD 140.[2] As part of the marriage celebration, vows were undertaken on behalf of the people, first in the name of Marcus Aurelius and then in the name of the deified Faustina I.[3] Coins were struck in gold and bronze with the legend VOTA PVBLICA (vows on behalf of the public) to commemorate these vows.[4]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have recently acquired one of these elusive coins for my <i>numophylacium</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1475466[/ATTACH] </p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Marcus Aurelius, Caesar AD 139-161.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman Æ as or dupondius, 8.74 g, 25.0 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 145.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VOTA PVBLICA S C, Faustina Junior, on left, and Marcus Aurelius, on right, standing facing each other, clasping right hands; Concordia standing facing between them, her head turned to left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1269; BMCRE 1801-02; Cohen 1023; Strack 957; RCV 4851.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Mine's <i>not exactly</i> FDC,[5] if you know what I mean, so I'll illustrate the corresponding aureus in the British Museum.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473663[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Aureus of Marcus Aurelius, BMCRE <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1864-1128-82" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1864-1128-82" rel="nofollow">611</a>. British Museum collection.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Concordia, here in the context of marital harmony, was an important virtue in Roman marriage, and many coins were issued to honor Concordia in this way. I have written about this in a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-marital-harmony-edition.371401/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-marital-harmony-edition.371401/">previous installment of Faustina Friday</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina's wedding was celebrated not only with these public vows, but with all sorts of pomp, including distributions of grain and money to the people, games opening on 13 May, and an important donative (<i>congiarium</i>) to the soldiers.[6] The donatives almost certainly included a contribution to the <i>Puellae Faustinianae</i> ("Girls of Faustina"), a charitable organization established by Antoninus Pius in honor of his late wife, the Empress Faustina I. Die-linkage studies have established the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1912-0607-199" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1912-0607-199" rel="nofollow">aurei of Faustina I with the PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE reverse type</a> were issued simultaneously with other coins struck in commemoration of the wedding of Marcus Aurelius to Faustina II.[7] The <i>Historia Augusta</i>, in addition to noting a donative to the soldiers, tells of a donative to the people at large.[8] Such a <i>congiarium</i> is recorded on <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-30" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-30" rel="nofollow">coins of Pius dated to AD 145, which show Pius and Liberalitas on a platform distributing coins to a togate male</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Tablet Pa of the <i>Fasti Ostienses</i>,[9] which chronicles the events of the year AD 145 reads:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>[---]as Annia Faustina M. Aurelio Caesari nupsit. [---</p><p>[imp. A]ntoninus Aug. congiar(ium) dedit (denarios) C. III id. Mai dies promi[ssos]</p><p>[---ed]ere coepit. VII et VI k. Iul. ludi Taurei quinquennales [facti]</p><p>[in] circo Flaminio.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Which is translated[10]:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>[On an unknown day] Annia Faustina married Marcus Aurelius Caesar. Imperator Antoninus Augustus gave a <i>congiarium</i> of 100 <i>denarii</i>. On May 13 he began to give the [unknown number of] days of games which had been promised. On June 25 and 26 the <i>ludi Taurei</i> were held in the <i>Circus Flaminius</i>.</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><i>Do you have any coins celebrating imperial weddings? Please post comments and any coins you feel are relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>~~~</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Levick, Barbara. <i>Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age</i>. Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 100.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Levick, <i>op. cit</i>., p. 99, citing Weiss, P. "Die vorbildliche Kaiserehe. Zwei Senatsbeschlüsse beim Tod der älteren und der jüngeren Faustina, neue Paradigmen und die Herausbildung des 'antoninischen' Prinzipats". <i>Chiron</i> 38 (2008), pp. 8-9.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Levick, <i>op. cit</i>., p. 100, citing the <i>Historia Augusta</i> (Pius) 8.1, 10.2.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Beckmann M. "Intra-family Die Links in the Antonine Mint at Rome." <i>Numismatic Chronicle</i> 169 (2009), pp. 208-210. See also Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012, pp. 52-53.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Laugh all you want, but the few extant <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1269_as" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1269_as" rel="nofollow">examples in European museum collections</a> don't score high on the Sheldon scale, either.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Levick, <i>op. cit</i>., p. 101, citing the <i>Historia Augusta</i> (Pius) 10.2, (Marcus) 6.6, and <i>Fasti Ostienses</i> 13.1.205 about the marriage; about the donative, she cites Van Berchem, D. <i>Les distributions d blé d’argent à la plebe romaine sous l’Empire</i>. Geneva: Université de Genève, 1939 (repr. New York: Arno, 1975), p. 155.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Beckmann (2012), <i>op. cit</i>., pp. 53-55.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. <i>Historia Augusta</i> (Pius) 8.1, cited in Beckmann (2012), <i>op. cit</i>., p. 55.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Vidman, Ladislav. <i>Fasti Ostienses</i>. Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, 1982, p. 125; cited in Beckmann (2012), <i>op. cit</i>., pp. 51-52.</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Beckmann (2012), <i>op. cit</i>., p. 52.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8320367, member: 75937"]TGIFF, everybody! Today we’ll be talking about a wedding! [IMG]https://media2.giphy.com/media/vTfFCC3rSfKco/giphy.gif?cid=790b761181aed26910a89e30ba205b333143bd6eb987faf8&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/IMG] Here's some Mendelssohn to get you in the mood. [MEDIA=youtube]0Oo4z37OUEI[/MEDIA] Of course, we're not talking about just any wedding, but the marriage of Faustina the Younger to her [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/when-you-marry-your-cousin-who-happens-to-be-your-step-sister.348814/']biological cousin and stepbrother[/URL], Marcus Aurelius, which took place in March or May AD 145 at the monument to Concordia in Ostia.[1] This monument had been constructed in response to a senatorial decree within three weeks of Faustina the Elder's death in AD 140.[2] As part of the marriage celebration, vows were undertaken on behalf of the people, first in the name of Marcus Aurelius and then in the name of the deified Faustina I.[3] Coins were struck in gold and bronze with the legend VOTA PVBLICA (vows on behalf of the public) to commemorate these vows.[4] I have recently acquired one of these elusive coins for my [I]numophylacium[/I]. [ATTACH=full]1475466[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Marcus Aurelius, Caesar AD 139-161. Roman Æ as or dupondius, 8.74 g, 25.0 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 145. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head, right. Rev: VOTA PVBLICA S C, Faustina Junior, on left, and Marcus Aurelius, on right, standing facing each other, clasping right hands; Concordia standing facing between them, her head turned to left. Refs: RIC 1269; BMCRE 1801-02; Cohen 1023; Strack 957; RCV 4851.[/SIZE][/INDENT] Mine's [I]not exactly[/I] FDC,[5] if you know what I mean, so I'll illustrate the corresponding aureus in the British Museum. [ATTACH=full]1473663[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Aureus of Marcus Aurelius, BMCRE [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1864-1128-82']611[/URL]. British Museum collection.[/SIZE][/INDENT] Concordia, here in the context of marital harmony, was an important virtue in Roman marriage, and many coins were issued to honor Concordia in this way. I have written about this in a [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-marital-harmony-edition.371401/']previous installment of Faustina Friday[/URL]. Faustina's wedding was celebrated not only with these public vows, but with all sorts of pomp, including distributions of grain and money to the people, games opening on 13 May, and an important donative ([I]congiarium[/I]) to the soldiers.[6] The donatives almost certainly included a contribution to the [I]Puellae Faustinianae[/I] ("Girls of Faustina"), a charitable organization established by Antoninus Pius in honor of his late wife, the Empress Faustina I. Die-linkage studies have established the [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1912-0607-199']aurei of Faustina I with the PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE reverse type[/URL] were issued simultaneously with other coins struck in commemoration of the wedding of Marcus Aurelius to Faustina II.[7] The [I]Historia Augusta[/I], in addition to noting a donative to the soldiers, tells of a donative to the people at large.[8] Such a [I]congiarium[/I] is recorded on [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_BNK-R-30']coins of Pius dated to AD 145, which show Pius and Liberalitas on a platform distributing coins to a togate male[/URL]. Tablet Pa of the [I]Fasti Ostienses[/I],[9] which chronicles the events of the year AD 145 reads: [INDENT][---]as Annia Faustina M. Aurelio Caesari nupsit. [--- [imp. A]ntoninus Aug. congiar(ium) dedit (denarios) C. III id. Mai dies promi[ssos] [---ed]ere coepit. VII et VI k. Iul. ludi Taurei quinquennales [facti] [in] circo Flaminio.[/INDENT] Which is translated[10]: [INDENT][On an unknown day] Annia Faustina married Marcus Aurelius Caesar. Imperator Antoninus Augustus gave a [I]congiarium[/I] of 100 [I]denarii[/I]. On May 13 he began to give the [unknown number of] days of games which had been promised. On June 25 and 26 the [I]ludi Taurei[/I] were held in the [I]Circus Flaminius[/I].[/INDENT] [I]Do you have any coins celebrating imperial weddings? Please post comments and any coins you feel are relevant![/I] [B]~~~ Notes[/B] 1. Levick, Barbara. [I]Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age[/I]. Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 100. 2. Levick, [I]op. cit[/I]., p. 99, citing Weiss, P. "Die vorbildliche Kaiserehe. Zwei Senatsbeschlüsse beim Tod der älteren und der jüngeren Faustina, neue Paradigmen und die Herausbildung des 'antoninischen' Prinzipats". [I]Chiron[/I] 38 (2008), pp. 8-9. 3. Levick, [I]op. cit[/I]., p. 100, citing the [I]Historia Augusta[/I] (Pius) 8.1, 10.2. 4. Beckmann M. "Intra-family Die Links in the Antonine Mint at Rome." [I]Numismatic Chronicle[/I] 169 (2009), pp. 208-210. See also Beckmann, Martin. [I]Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.[/I] American Numismatic Society, 2012, pp. 52-53. 5. Laugh all you want, but the few extant [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1269_as']examples in European museum collections[/URL] don't score high on the Sheldon scale, either. 6. Levick, [I]op. cit[/I]., p. 101, citing the [I]Historia Augusta[/I] (Pius) 10.2, (Marcus) 6.6, and [I]Fasti Ostienses[/I] 13.1.205 about the marriage; about the donative, she cites Van Berchem, D. [I]Les distributions d blé d’argent à la plebe romaine sous l’Empire[/I]. Geneva: Université de Genève, 1939 (repr. New York: Arno, 1975), p. 155. 7. Beckmann (2012), [I]op. cit[/I]., pp. 53-55. 8. [I]Historia Augusta[/I] (Pius) 8.1, cited in Beckmann (2012), [I]op. cit[/I]., p. 55. 9. Vidman, Ladislav. [I]Fasti Ostienses[/I]. Ceskoslovenska Akademie Ved, 1982, p. 125; cited in Beckmann (2012), [I]op. cit[/I]., pp. 51-52. 10. Beckmann (2012), [I]op. cit[/I]., p. 52.[/QUOTE]
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