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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8282159, member: 110350&quot;]Wow! If Faustina could only talk, what a tale she could tell about coming through the fire. </p><p><br /></p><p>If that&#039;s really the temple of Agathodaemon, it makes sense that those are snakes on the roof. But who knows?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my only Faustina II from Roman Egypt, also with a serpent theme -- but it&#039;s a Uraeus rather than an Agathodaemon:</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius &amp; daughter of Antoninus Pius), AE Obol, Alexandria, Egypt Mint, Year 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/149). Obv. Draped bust right, hair in chignon at back of head, ΦΑVϹΤΙΝΑ ϹƐΒ(Α)ϹΤΗ / Rev. Crowned uraeus serpent [sacred cobra, worn by deities and pharaohs] standing erect to right, L beneath I – B across fields (L IB = Year 12). 18 mm., 4.18 g., 12 h. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Online Vol. IV.4 15420 (temp.) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15420" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15420" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15420</a>); Emmett 2037.12; Dattari Savio 9144; SNG France 4, Alexandrie II 2810 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France</i> <i>Vol. 4</i>, <i>Alexandrie II, Hadrien – Antonin le Pieux – Nomes</i> (Zurich 2018)].&nbsp; <i>Purchased at Nomos Obolos Auction 22, 6 March 2022, Lot 578.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[adjusted to make the color look more like the actual coin than the Nomos photo]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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