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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4845662, member: 75937&quot;]<i>Celebrate Faustina Friday -- post anything you feel is relevant! </i></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were among the first issued in honor of the Diva Faustina I following her death in late October/early November of AD 140. They bear the veil worn by the deceased empress, emphasizing her deified status. The coins of this first issue emphasize her consecration with numerous CONSECRATIO reverse types, her Piety with a handful of reverse types, the concord of Antoninus with the departed empress, and two AETERNITAS types, emphasizing the deified empress&#039;s place among the stars. Do not confuse these AETERNITAS types with the vast issue of AD 150 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the empress&#039;s death and consecration. These later types bear the DIVA FAVSTINA obverse inscription.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these AETERNITAS types, issued only in the denarius denomination, features a star on its reverse. This is the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13129" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-13129" rel="nofollow">example from the British Museum</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169842[/ATTACH]</p><p>While the other features Providentia standing, holding a globe and scepter. These coins were issued in all metals and nearly every denomination. I was taken by the artistry of the personification of Providence on the reverse of this sestertius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169845[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169844[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.91 g, 32.3 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA •, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia standing front, head left, holding globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1108b; BMCRE 1421; Cohen --; Strack 1230; RCV --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note also, better seen on the corresponding middle bronze and denarius denominations, small circular ornaments sewn into the empress&#039;s coiffure in front of the chignon on the top of her head.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169847[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In this interesting video, Janet Stephens, an expert in ancient hairdressing techniques, shows you how Faustina&#039;s signature hairstyle was done and how these ornaments were added.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]1Ev5QIYOJyQ[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aeternitas-providentia-globe-and-scepter-as-veiled-bust-a-jpg.1113145/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman Æ as, 12.87 g, 26.4 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 140-141.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina I, draped and veiled, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and vertical scepter in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1163ab; BMCRE 1459; RCV 4635; Cohen --; Strack 1230.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aeternitas-providentia-globe-and-scepter-denarius-veiled-bust-jpg.943448/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 18.0 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 141.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS, Providentia standing left, holding globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 350a(b); BMCRE 291; RSC 34a; RCV --; CRE 120.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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