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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4687640, member: 75937&quot;]It&#039;s time for another edition of Faustina Friday! </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I offer this lifetime issue of Faustina I, the wife of Antoninus Pius and the mother of Faustina II. Her lifetime issues are less common than her abundant posthumous coinage; moreover, there is much less variety in terms of reverse type. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of Antoninus Pius&#039; second issue, AD 138-139 reflect the emperor&#039;s title of Pater Patriae, &quot;Father of the Fatherland,&quot; and bear the inscription FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P. There were only four denarii issued for Faustina with this obverse legend: Concordia seated with or without a statuette of Spes beside her throne, Concordia standing (this coin), and Vesta seated (extremely rare). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-concordia-avg-standing-denarius-long-inscription-jpg.1058735/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 18.3 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 138-139.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae, and resting l. arm on column.</p><p>Refs: RIC 329; BMCRE 42; Cohen 153; Strack 395; RCV --; CRE 92.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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