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<p>[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3106095, member: 88829"]Initially I did not have anything of this exact type to contribute to the discussion, but that has now changed. My second most recent purchase is one of your three types.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the wide range of figures on her denarii that appear with the AETERNITAS legend, as well as an AVGVSTA legend, and the fact that most of her mintage was posthumous, I am dubious of the assumption that the inscription refers to the figure on the reverse at all. I am more inclined to associate this inscription with the deceased and lamented Faustina herself who has entered Aeternitas (i.e. the ageless, endless state).</p><p><br /></p><p> The footnote by Mattingly in BMC IV catalogue p. 42 at * follows somewhat the same train of thought: "Probably in all these cases it is the spirit of Aeternitas or Faustina I in eternity that is shown in different aspects. We differentiate them according to the characteristic attributes:</p><p> scepter => Juno</p><p> veil gesture => Venus [or I might suggest, Pudicitia]</p><p> stars on body => Aeternitas directly</p><p> Then he notes: All our attributions are to be taken as subject to this general reserve.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd also like to tweak your ordering of the inscription types. What you are calling Obverse type 2, DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, is listed in BMC as the earliest/first of the three (#280). It is from issue 1 (c141 and immediately later) and has the earliest form of obverse legend. This is the one in which the description mentions the bare middle "sown with stars." I agree that it is the easiest to acquire, and that is what I just added. On my example the stars appear as just a couple of small dots on the midsection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]787052[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Number 2 on the BMC list is DIVA FAVSTINA which Mattingly assigns as * after 353 with the note: "C.40 (rev. Aeternitas or Pudicitia): one might also think of Venus. This type is apparently the same as on No. 280."</p><p><br /></p><p>The 3rd type, with the dative obverse, he assigns to a special place at the end of her listings, classes it as "Exceptional Obverse," and assigns it #487.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had not realized this was such an involved little design.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lrbguy, post: 3106095, member: 88829"]Initially I did not have anything of this exact type to contribute to the discussion, but that has now changed. My second most recent purchase is one of your three types. Given the wide range of figures on her denarii that appear with the AETERNITAS legend, as well as an AVGVSTA legend, and the fact that most of her mintage was posthumous, I am dubious of the assumption that the inscription refers to the figure on the reverse at all. I am more inclined to associate this inscription with the deceased and lamented Faustina herself who has entered Aeternitas (i.e. the ageless, endless state). The footnote by Mattingly in BMC IV catalogue p. 42 at * follows somewhat the same train of thought: "Probably in all these cases it is the spirit of Aeternitas or Faustina I in eternity that is shown in different aspects. We differentiate them according to the characteristic attributes: scepter => Juno veil gesture => Venus [or I might suggest, Pudicitia] stars on body => Aeternitas directly Then he notes: All our attributions are to be taken as subject to this general reserve. I'd also like to tweak your ordering of the inscription types. What you are calling Obverse type 2, DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, is listed in BMC as the earliest/first of the three (#280). It is from issue 1 (c141 and immediately later) and has the earliest form of obverse legend. This is the one in which the description mentions the bare middle "sown with stars." I agree that it is the easiest to acquire, and that is what I just added. On my example the stars appear as just a couple of small dots on the midsection: [ATTACH=full]787052[/ATTACH] Number 2 on the BMC list is DIVA FAVSTINA which Mattingly assigns as * after 353 with the note: "C.40 (rev. Aeternitas or Pudicitia): one might also think of Venus. This type is apparently the same as on No. 280." The 3rd type, with the dative obverse, he assigns to a special place at the end of her listings, classes it as "Exceptional Obverse," and assigns it #487. I had not realized this was such an involved little design.[/QUOTE]
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