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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6628993, member: 110350"]Since others have posted some younger portraits of Faustina II that they like, I'll post a young portrait that I happen to think is quite lovely, even though the coin is more worn than I generally prefer:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome mint, 147-149 AD (under Antoninus Pius). Obv. Draped bust right, single circlet of pearls around head, FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL / Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand and, in left hand, rudder set on dolphin, VENVS. RIC III [Antoninus] 517c, RSC II 266a, BMCRE [Antoninus] 1067. 18 mm., 3.45 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1267659[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 6628993, member: 110350"]Since others have posted some younger portraits of Faustina II that they like, I'll post a young portrait that I happen to think is quite lovely, even though the coin is more worn than I generally prefer: Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome mint, 147-149 AD (under Antoninus Pius). Obv. Draped bust right, single circlet of pearls around head, FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL / Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand and, in left hand, rudder set on dolphin, VENVS. RIC III [Antoninus] 517c, RSC II 266a, BMCRE [Antoninus] 1067. 18 mm., 3.45 g. [ATTACH=full]1267659[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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