Faustina Friday!

Nothing new, rare, or fancy, just an enjoyable middle bronze. Let's see your Faustina (I or II) coins!

This pleasantly-patinated middle bronze features the third inscription used by Antoninus Pius for his daughter -- FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, used from AD 152-156. The empress's portrait is well-rendered and its reverse features a rather skinny Juno, the queen of the gods, with her standard accoutrements: the patera and scepter.


Faustina II, AD 147-175.
Roman Æ as, 9.38 g, 26.5 mm, 7 h.
Rome, ca. AD 152-153.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: IVNO S C, Juno, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and vertical scepter in left hand.
Refs: RIC 1398; BMCRE 2188; Cohen 124; Strack 1319; RCV 4726.

 

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I've always liked that portrait style and hair on your as you have there, RC. Here's a similar on a denarius...

Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius who ruled
AR Denarius, Struck under Antioninus Pius 145-161 AD, Rome mint
Obverse: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right.
Reverse: VENVS, Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in left.
References: RIC III 517c

And here is a worn middle bronze that I'm not sure I've shared here before...

Faustina II, Wife of Marcus Aurelius
AE As, Struck 161-176 AD, Rome mint
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes diademed, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right.
Reverse: FECVN-DITAS , Fecunditas, draped, standing right, holidng sceptre in right hand and infant in left arm, S-C across field.
References: RIC III 1639

 

This is a Faustina I denarius that really isn't anything special, but for me was made special. I had my now wife have it on her (tucked away in her dress) during our wedding as her "something old". It was chosen due to the devotion between Antoninus Pius and her (especially when compared to many other Roman emperors' marriages) as a good omen for us, and for the reverse type -- Fortuna helping to guide or navigate us towards good fortune (martial bliss) for eternity.


Faustina I, Wife Of Antoninus Pius,
AR Denarius, Rome Mint, Struck 147 AD (after her death in 140 AD)
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust of Faustina I right
Reverse: AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing facing, head left, holding globe in right hand and rudder in left
References: RIC 348, RSC 6, BMC 360

 

Faustina Jr Æ Dupondius or As. Venus/Mars FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / VENERI VICTRICI S-C, Venus standing right, grasping right arm of Mars standing facing, head left, holding shield. Cohen 241.



Phrygia, Ankyra. Faustina Jr. Æ 20mm (4.26 gm).
Obv: ΘAVCTINA CE BACTH, Draped bust right
Rev: ANCYPH NWN, Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia.
SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 142var.; BMC -

 

Faustina II AE as IVNONI REGINAE

 

A nice new addition! Below are two sestertii of the two Faustinas:

Faustina I:

Faustina I "the Elder" (postumous), Roman Empire, AE sestertius, 141 AD, Rome mint. Obv: DIVA AVGUSTA FAVSTINA; draped bust of Faustina I r. Rev: AETERNITAS; Providentia standing l. holding globe and sceptre; in fields flanking, S-C. 31mm, 21.11g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 1108a. Ex Ken Dorney.

Faustina II:

Faustina II, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], bust of Faustina II, draped, r. Rev: IV[NONI] REGINAE; Iuno standing l. with patera and sceptre, peacock at feet l.; in fields, S-C.. 30mm, 27g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1651.

 

Very nice coins everyone! I've yet to acquire a bronze so here's my Denarius....
Diva Faustina Sr, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 18mm, 3.08 grams.
DIVA-FAVSTINA, draped bust right
AETER-NITAS, Aeternitas, standing front, facing left, holding globe, veil billowing out around her head and behind her.
RIC 351, RSC 32, BMC 373

 

RI Faustina Sr 138-140 CE after 146 CE DIVA AR Denarius m Antoninus Pius 17.4mm 3.2g Ceres torch fold RIC 362 RSC 104
Ex: @Brian Bucklan

 

Some foxy Faustis!
So were these 2 really women of loose virtue or is that just the imagination of salacious senators?

 

Maybe more of an Sans Reverse Legend Saturday at this stagem, but I quiet like this Faustina I denarius, which isn't in RIC with the veiled head.

Obv. DIVA AVG FAVSTINA - Veiled bust right
Rev. Ceres, veiled, standing right, holding sceptre and corn-ears
Mint: Roma (After 141 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 3.41g / 18mm / 7h
References:

• BMC 328 (A. Pius)
• RIC 404B var (A. Pius)

Acquisition/Sale: Gitbud & Naumann Pecunem Auction 10 #503 1-Dec-2013
Notes: May 2, 20 - The veiled bust obverse isn't in RIC.




ATB,
Aidan.

 

Nice coins!

 

Your Faustinas are much nicer than mine, but here are a few of my heavier Faustinas. Fau1 at 36.3gm, Fau2 at 34.7gm, and Fau2 at 49.2gm.

 

Faustina Friday - I'll drink to that!

Just in, a sestertius with Juno (my photo exaggerates the BD-looking green deposits; they seem to be hard and inert):



Faustina I Æ Sestertius
5th Phase: Anniversary of Faustina’s Deification
(c. 150-160 A.D.)
Rome Mint
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AET[ERNITA]S S C, Juno standing left with raised right hand and holding scepter in left hand.
RIC 1102a; Cohen 28.
(25.22 grams / 30 mm)

 

Faustina Jr. Æ Sesterius. (31mm; 24.02 gm; 11h). Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev: VENVS VICTRIX S-C, Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand and shield in left. Dioscuri on shield. RIC III 1688, Cohen 283, BMC 960.

 

@Roman Collector......Really do like the portrait on the OP coin...
Here's my FII.....
Faustina II Junior Silver Denarius 3.36g.,17mm, Rome mint, A.D. 154-156,
Obverse. FAVSTINA AVG-PIIAVGFIL Draped bust of Faustina right,
Reverse. CONC-O-RDIA, Concordia seated left, holding flower & resting left arm on cornucopiae set on globe below seat....RCV 4704; RIC 502a)

 

Diva Faustina I


Faustina II




Diva Faustina II



(I should have a lifetime Faustina I issue as well -- it was shipped to me from Germany on June 30 -- but according to the tracking information it's been in limbo somewhere in Queens since July 10, and who knows if I'll ever get it. I filed a missing mail report the other day, but I'm not terribly optimistic. I'm very unhappy about it, since her lifetime issues aren't all that common.)

 

@DonnaML.....Sweet coins!.....Love the portrait of FII with the Venus reverse really pretty..

 

A day late but here are my Faustinae:

 

One of my nicest sestertii of Faustina Jr.