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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 2703454, member: 80783"]Featuring the probably most common of all the ladies to be found on Roman coinage, this Sestertius of Faustina the Younger (minted by her father Antonius Pius) is neither rare nor does it feature spectacular detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it only cost me 40 Euros, is one of my heaviest Sestertii at 27.28 grams, and due to it´s lustrous Orichalcum surfaces looks like a poor man´s gold medallion :-D</p><p><br /></p><p>The most astonishing things about the younger Faustina´s life could be her fertility (she gave Marcus Aurelius around 14 children between 147 and 170 a.d., so the claims of her unfaithfulness cannot all be true) and the number of various hairstyles seen on her portraits.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]608818[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]608819[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL / S C</p><p>Draped bust right / Diana standing left, holding arrow and resting hand on bow</p><p>Sestertius, Rome 147-161</p><p>31mm / 27,28 gr</p><p>RIC (A.Pius) 1383; C 206; BMC (A.Pius) 2194</p><p><br /></p><p>So what are your heaviest Sestertii? </p><p><br /></p><p>And can any of the experts here narrow down the date of my coin (according to the hairstyle or whatever)? I only know that it must have been minted after Dec.1, 147, the day she received the title of Augusta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, on a lighter note, do you know of any queen or empress with more offspring than Faustina? (I can only think about Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia beating her with 5 sons and 11 daughters)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 2703454, member: 80783"]Featuring the probably most common of all the ladies to be found on Roman coinage, this Sestertius of Faustina the Younger (minted by her father Antonius Pius) is neither rare nor does it feature spectacular detail. But it only cost me 40 Euros, is one of my heaviest Sestertii at 27.28 grams, and due to it´s lustrous Orichalcum surfaces looks like a poor man´s gold medallion :-D The most astonishing things about the younger Faustina´s life could be her fertility (she gave Marcus Aurelius around 14 children between 147 and 170 a.d., so the claims of her unfaithfulness cannot all be true) and the number of various hairstyles seen on her portraits. [ATTACH=full]608818[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]608819[/ATTACH] FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL / S C Draped bust right / Diana standing left, holding arrow and resting hand on bow Sestertius, Rome 147-161 31mm / 27,28 gr RIC (A.Pius) 1383; C 206; BMC (A.Pius) 2194 So what are your heaviest Sestertii? And can any of the experts here narrow down the date of my coin (according to the hairstyle or whatever)? I only know that it must have been minted after Dec.1, 147, the day she received the title of Augusta. Or, on a lighter note, do you know of any queen or empress with more offspring than Faustina? (I can only think about Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresia beating her with 5 sons and 11 daughters)...[/QUOTE]
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