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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6593085, member: 110350"]I don't see any particular resemblance to your examples, but this is my favorite Faustina II portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. Obv. Draped bust right, hair in chignon behind, wearing stephane, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Two infant boys seated on draped throne (pulvinar), each raising an arm towards the other, with hands touching [<i>compass dot between them</i>], SAECVLI FELICIT. RIC III [Marcus Aurelius] 712, RSC II 191 [<i>variety without stars above boys’ heads</i>], Sear RCV II 5260 (ill.), BMCRE 139, Dinsdale 005600(a) [Dinsdale, Paul H., <i>The Imperial Coinage of the Middle Antonines: Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus and Commodus</i>, Ch. 4, <i>Faustina II - Undated, 158-176</i> (<a href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04 - Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (med_res).pdf</a>) at p. 57; photo at p. 62]. 17.5 mm., 3.39 g., 12h. [<i>The two infant boys are Faustina II’s twin sons b. 31 Aug 161 AD: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (the older twin, d. 165 AD) and Commodus, the ninth and tenth children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265532[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My other favorite Faustina II portrait was on this coin, which I really loved and ordered a couple of years ago from a dealer in Belgium, but unfortunately never received:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1265534[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone ever comes across it, please let me know![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6593085, member: 110350"]I don't see any particular resemblance to your examples, but this is my favorite Faustina II portrait: Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. Obv. Draped bust right, hair in chignon behind, wearing stephane, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA / Rev. Two infant boys seated on draped throne (pulvinar), each raising an arm towards the other, with hands touching [[I]compass dot between them[/I]], SAECVLI FELICIT. RIC III [Marcus Aurelius] 712, RSC II 191 [[I]variety without stars above boys’ heads[/I]], Sear RCV II 5260 (ill.), BMCRE 139, Dinsdale 005600(a) [Dinsdale, Paul H., [I]The Imperial Coinage of the Middle Antonines: Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus and Commodus[/I], Ch. 4, [I]Faustina II - Undated, 158-176[/I] ([URL='http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf']http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04 - Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (med_res).pdf[/URL]) at p. 57; photo at p. 62]. 17.5 mm., 3.39 g., 12h. [[I]The two infant boys are Faustina II’s twin sons b. 31 Aug 161 AD: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus (the older twin, d. 165 AD) and Commodus, the ninth and tenth children of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II.[/I]] [ATTACH=full]1265532[/ATTACH] My other favorite Faustina II portrait was on this coin, which I really loved and ordered a couple of years ago from a dealer in Belgium, but unfortunately never received: [ATTACH=full]1265534[/ATTACH] If anyone ever comes across it, please let me know![/QUOTE]
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