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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 6318532, member: 85693&quot;]Here&#039;s another &quot;last issue&quot; of Faustina II.&nbsp; I am assuming this also relates to her travels with the military?&nbsp; Note the Roman Collector notes below...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250349[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 170-175 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed draped bust right / MATRI MAGNAE, Cybele seated left holding branch in right hand, resting left arm on drum; at her side, lion.</p><p>RIC 706; BMCRE 134; C192.</p><p>(2.44 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b>&quot;Mattingly (BMCRE4, p. cxliv) believes this reverse type honors Faustina &quot;as an earthly likeness of the &#039;great mother&#039;, Cybele.&quot; Mattingly assigns coins of this type (along with other reverses) to her &quot;last issue&quot; (ibid), and even postulates that they may have been issued posthumously (op. cit., n. 2).&quot;</p><p>Roman Collector, Coin Talk</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/one-of-the-last-issues-of-faustina-ii.345281/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/one-of-the-last-issues-of-faustina-ii.345281/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/one-of-the-last-issues-of-faustina-ii.345281/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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