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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2620467, member: 80804&quot;]One of the great things about Faustina the Younger is the breadth and depth of the coinage(s) in her honor. First, a significant series by Antoninus Pius, her father, on the occasion of her being named to replace her mother (Faustina the Elder) as Augusta, a few months after she had married A Pius&#039; young protege and Caesar, Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; Then during Aurelius&#039; time as Augustus, coins with her image were part of the regular emissions - up until her death in 275 - thereafter, she had an extensive posthumous coinage by Aurelius. </p><p>There are a few rare types, of course, but she is an excellent subject for a collection theme or even just as a favored type to acquire because such a great variety of types were struck for her throughout her adult life.</p><p>This is the Faustina Junior piece I most recently added - I think the portraiture is exceptionally realistic and sensitive - and the reverse is touching in its own way: <img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album94/E_01_Faustina_Jr_Fecunditas.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album94/E_01_Faustina_Jr_Fecunditas?full=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album94/E_01_Faustina_Jr_Fecunditas?full=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album94/E_01_Faustina_Jr_Fecunditas?full=1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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