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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8249068, member: 75937"]TGIFF, everybody! Today I'm not going to show you any items in my <i>numophylacium</i>. Instead, I'm going to share the coins I can only <i>dream</i> were in my collection, the stuff that dreams are made of.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/l41Ywe0Xaba7AcJGw/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>So, kick back, enjoy some Roy Orbison theme music, and share your own dream babies! What are your dream coins?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]4MXdzlTTmv8[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>I first learned of this beauty when I was researching <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-apotheosis-of-faustina-the-younger.388744/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-apotheosis-of-faustina-the-younger.388744/">a coin of Faustina the Younger</a> I had acquired for my own collection with a similar reverse type. The coin depicts the deified Faustina the Elder being carried aloft to the celestial realm by the eagle of Jupiter.[1] The inscription CONSECRATIO made its first appearance in Roman numismatics on the coinage of Marciana, and thereafter became the standard employed for issues of the <i>divae</i> and <i>divi</i> for centuries. Interestingly, the earliest Roman consecration issues depict eagles, even for the women of the imperial family.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coins of Faustina the Elder</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452916[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1134; <i>BMCRE</i> <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1860-0326-28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1860-0326-28" rel="nofollow">1428</a>. British Museum collection.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>And on this rare sestertius in the British Museum collection, Faustina is taken to Aeternitas by the winged figure of Victory! I can only dream about owning one of these!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452917[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1132b; <i>BMCRE</i> <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-665" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-665" rel="nofollow">1423</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Had I but funds enough and time, to paraphrase Andrew Marvell, I'd buy one of these aurei at the next opportunity. But unless I hit the lottery, I can only dream about it. The reverse depicts Faustina the Elder standing, riding in a quadriga driven by Sol.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452918[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Aureus, <i>RIC</i> 383; Roma Numismatics, Ltd., auction 10, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2642935" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2642935" rel="nofollow">lot 801</a>, 27 September 2015.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>These PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE coins come up for auction occasionally, but they are popular and the demand for them keeps them out of my price range. For me, they are the stuff that dreams are made of. During her lifetime, Faustina was involved in assisting charities for the poor and sponsoring the education of Roman children, particularly girls. After her death, Antoninus Pius continued his wife's legacy of charitable work: he established an institution called <i>Puellae Faustinianae</i> ("The Girls of Faustina") to assist orphaned Roman girls. This reverse type commemorates the establishment of this charity.[2]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452919[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Denarius, <i>RIC</i> 399a; Vienna RÖ <a href="https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID63390" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID63390" rel="nofollow">11280</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This coin is unlisted in RIC, BMCRE, Cohen, Strack and Sear. It's apparently unique and in a museum, so it's one of those coins I can only <i>dream</i> about. Its reverse depicts Cybele riding in a biga of lions, and the only thing cooler than that is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/quadriga-of-lions.324114/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/quadriga-of-lions.324114/">Cybele riding in a quadriga of lions</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452920[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Denarius, <i>RIC</i> –; Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen <a href="https://sammlungen.uni-goettingen.de/objekt/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161959/1/-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sammlungen.uni-goettingen.de/objekt/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161959/1/-/" rel="nofollow">AN-0291</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I have always wanted one of these coins depicting Faustina seated in a shrine on a <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/rhetoric-of-roman-transportation/conveying-women-carpentum/9F82F2FB080373C9117DED2FE1C8D414" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/rhetoric-of-roman-transportation/conveying-women-carpentum/9F82F2FB080373C9117DED2FE1C8D414" rel="nofollow"><i>carpentum</i></a> drawn by two elephants. There are several coins in both gold and orichalcum depicting this scene to choose from. I'm not picky; I dream about acquiring any of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452921[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1112; <i>BMCRE</i> <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12568" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12568" rel="nofollow">1501</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><b>Coins of Faustina the Younger</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type is known only the sestertius denomination and it's very rare, so I can only dream of acquiring one for my <i>numophylacium</i>. It is known only from three museum specimens cited by Strack and a single coin sold at auction (this coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452922[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1382; Bertolami E-Auction 59, lot <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5004444" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5004444" rel="nofollow">739</a>, 20 May, 2018.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The coinage of Faustina II issued late in the reign of Antoninus Pius (August, AD 156 - AD 157) is characterized by the obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVSTA with the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-avgvsti-pii-fil-reverse-types.385171/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-avgvsti-pii-fil-reverse-types.385171/">filiation AVGVSTI PII FIL moved to the reverse</a>. Most of these are common, but this sestertius depicting Pietas seated and with a child standing before her is quite rare and almost never comes up for auction. Nonetheless, I dream that someday one will and I'll be able to afford it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452923[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1369; ANS collection <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1906.236.413" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1906.236.413" rel="nofollow">1906.236.413</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This aureus is very rare. The British Museum doesn't even have a copy in its collection. Strack cites examples in Paris and Berlin (this coin). They almost never come up for auction and I could never afford one, anyway. So, one of these aurei is the stuff that dreams are made of. The reverse type commemorates the birth of Fadilla in AD 159. The older girls depicted on the coin are Lucilla and Faustina III.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452924[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Aureus, <i>RIC</i> 681; Berlin <a href="https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18273319" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18273319" rel="nofollow">18273319</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>This one has a delightful reverse design and I've never seen one come up for sale, making it a dream coin. It is posthumous issue for the deified empress, and it depicts Faustina seated left, holding a scepter, between two dancing girls; all three with veils flying above their heads.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1452925[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Sestertius, <i>RIC</i> 1697; <i>BMCRE</i> <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-704" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-704" rel="nofollow">1568</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Dream on, friends!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]sZfZ8uWaOFI[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>~~~</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Mattingly, Harold, <i>Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates</i>. London, BMP, 1968, p. cxliv. Mattingly summarizes the identity of all the winged figures upon which Faustina is carried to heaven in one concise statement: "She has been translated aloft, whether by the eagle of Jupiter, the peacock of Juno, or the winged Victory of Aeternitas herself."</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012, pp. 53-54.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8249068, member: 75937"]TGIFF, everybody! Today I'm not going to show you any items in my [I]numophylacium[/I]. Instead, I'm going to share the coins I can only [I]dream[/I] were in my collection, the stuff that dreams are made of. [IMG]https://media2.giphy.com/media/l41Ywe0Xaba7AcJGw/giphy.gif[/IMG] [I]So, kick back, enjoy some Roy Orbison theme music, and share your own dream babies! What are your dream coins?[/I] [MEDIA=youtube]4MXdzlTTmv8[/MEDIA] I first learned of this beauty when I was researching [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-apotheosis-of-faustina-the-younger.388744/']a coin of Faustina the Younger[/URL] I had acquired for my own collection with a similar reverse type. The coin depicts the deified Faustina the Elder being carried aloft to the celestial realm by the eagle of Jupiter.[1] The inscription CONSECRATIO made its first appearance in Roman numismatics on the coinage of Marciana, and thereafter became the standard employed for issues of the [I]divae[/I] and [I]divi[/I] for centuries. Interestingly, the earliest Roman consecration issues depict eagles, even for the women of the imperial family. [B]Coins of Faustina the Elder[/B] [ATTACH=full]1452916[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1134; [I]BMCRE[/I] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1860-0326-28']1428[/URL]. British Museum collection.[/SIZE][/INDENT] And on this rare sestertius in the British Museum collection, Faustina is taken to Aeternitas by the winged figure of Victory! I can only dream about owning one of these! [ATTACH=full]1452917[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1132b; [I]BMCRE[/I] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-665']1423[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] Had I but funds enough and time, to paraphrase Andrew Marvell, I'd buy one of these aurei at the next opportunity. But unless I hit the lottery, I can only dream about it. The reverse depicts Faustina the Elder standing, riding in a quadriga driven by Sol. [ATTACH=full]1452918[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Aureus, [I]RIC[/I] 383; Roma Numismatics, Ltd., auction 10, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2642935']lot 801[/URL], 27 September 2015.[/SIZE][/INDENT] These PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE coins come up for auction occasionally, but they are popular and the demand for them keeps them out of my price range. For me, they are the stuff that dreams are made of. During her lifetime, Faustina was involved in assisting charities for the poor and sponsoring the education of Roman children, particularly girls. After her death, Antoninus Pius continued his wife's legacy of charitable work: he established an institution called [I]Puellae Faustinianae[/I] ("The Girls of Faustina") to assist orphaned Roman girls. This reverse type commemorates the establishment of this charity.[2] [ATTACH=full]1452919[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Denarius, [I]RIC[/I] 399a; Vienna RÖ [URL='https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID63390']11280[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] This coin is unlisted in RIC, BMCRE, Cohen, Strack and Sear. It's apparently unique and in a museum, so it's one of those coins I can only [I]dream[/I] about. Its reverse depicts Cybele riding in a biga of lions, and the only thing cooler than that is [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/quadriga-of-lions.324114/']Cybele riding in a quadriga of lions[/URL]! [ATTACH=full]1452920[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Denarius, [I]RIC[/I] –; Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen [URL='https://sammlungen.uni-goettingen.de/objekt/record_DE-MUS-062622_kenom_161959/1/-/']AN-0291[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] I have always wanted one of these coins depicting Faustina seated in a shrine on a [URL='https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/rhetoric-of-roman-transportation/conveying-women-carpentum/9F82F2FB080373C9117DED2FE1C8D414'][I]carpentum[/I][/URL] drawn by two elephants. There are several coins in both gold and orichalcum depicting this scene to choose from. I'm not picky; I dream about acquiring any of them. [ATTACH=full]1452921[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1112; [I]BMCRE[/I] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-12568']1501[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] [B]Coins of Faustina the Younger[/B] This reverse type is known only the sestertius denomination and it's very rare, so I can only dream of acquiring one for my [I]numophylacium[/I]. It is known only from three museum specimens cited by Strack and a single coin sold at auction (this coin). [ATTACH=full]1452922[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1382; Bertolami E-Auction 59, lot [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5004444']739[/URL], 20 May, 2018.[/SIZE][/INDENT] The coinage of Faustina II issued late in the reign of Antoninus Pius (August, AD 156 - AD 157) is characterized by the obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVGVSTA with the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-%E2%80%93-the-avgvsti-pii-fil-reverse-types.385171/']filiation AVGVSTI PII FIL moved to the reverse[/URL]. Most of these are common, but this sestertius depicting Pietas seated and with a child standing before her is quite rare and almost never comes up for auction. Nonetheless, I dream that someday one will and I'll be able to afford it. [ATTACH=full]1452923[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1369; ANS collection [URL='http://numismatics.org/collection/1906.236.413']1906.236.413[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] This aureus is very rare. The British Museum doesn't even have a copy in its collection. Strack cites examples in Paris and Berlin (this coin). They almost never come up for auction and I could never afford one, anyway. So, one of these aurei is the stuff that dreams are made of. The reverse type commemorates the birth of Fadilla in AD 159. The older girls depicted on the coin are Lucilla and Faustina III. [ATTACH=full]1452924[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Aureus, [I]RIC[/I] 681; Berlin [URL='https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18273319']18273319[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] This one has a delightful reverse design and I've never seen one come up for sale, making it a dream coin. It is posthumous issue for the deified empress, and it depicts Faustina seated left, holding a scepter, between two dancing girls; all three with veils flying above their heads. [ATTACH=full]1452925[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Sestertius, [I]RIC[/I] 1697; [I]BMCRE[/I] [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1872-0709-704']1568[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] Dream on, friends! [MEDIA=youtube]sZfZ8uWaOFI[/MEDIA] [B]~~~[/B] [B]Notes[/B] 1. Mattingly, Harold, [I]Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates[/I]. London, BMP, 1968, p. cxliv. Mattingly summarizes the identity of all the winged figures upon which Faustina is carried to heaven in one concise statement: "She has been translated aloft, whether by the eagle of Jupiter, the peacock of Juno, or the winged Victory of Aeternitas herself." 2. Beckmann, Martin. [I]Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.[/I] American Numismatic Society, 2012, pp. 53-54.[/QUOTE]
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