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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4996021, member: 75937&quot;]This one&#039;s a new arrival. We know from die-linkage studies of the corresponding aureii that these coins with the PIETAS reverse inscription and with Pietas sacrificing over an altar or candelabrum were part of the first phase of issues for the newly deceased Faustina and deal with her funeral and deification. An aureus with this reverse of Pietas sacrificing over a candelabrum appears muled with an aureus of Antoninus Pius bearing the inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, establishing a date of AD 140-144 with certainty.*</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-candelabrum-veiled-bust-denarius-jpg.1199040/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.19 g, 18.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-44.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, veiled and draped, right.</p><p>Rev: PEITAS AVG, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense on candelbrum with right hand and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 395c; BMC 318; Cohen/RSC 236; Strack 429; RCV --; CRE 118.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the veiled bust variety. She joins her bare-headed sister:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-candelabrum-denarius-jpg.1094028/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.47 g, 19.0 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-44.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense on lighted candelabrum with right hand and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 395c(a); BMCRE 315-17; RSC/Cohen 237; Strack 429; RCV --; CRE 117.</p><p><br /></p><p>At least ten different denarii feature Pietas, if you count variations in the attitude of the deity, the inscriptions and the bust types. She is always depicted with an altar at her feet. More frequently, and in contrast to the candelabrum-types depicted above, the altar is cylindrical in shape, such as:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-altar-denarius-veiled-bust-jpg.943449/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.73 g, 17.5 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-144.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense on lighted altar with right hand and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 394b var. (denarius); BMCRE 311-314 var. (bust); RSC 234a; Strack 428; RCV --; CRE 120.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is, of course, a matching bare-headed version of this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1199684[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.29 g, 18.6 mm, 8 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-144.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, dropping incense on lighted altar with right hand and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 394a; BMCRE 311-314; RSC/Cohen 234; Strack 428; RCV 4598; CRE 114.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012, p. 7.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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