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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7910501, member: 110350&quot;]Faustina II (wife of Marcus Aurelius &amp; daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, ca. 162/163 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. draped bust right with hair in chignon behind, wearing double strand of pearls, FAVSTINA AVGVSTA ./ Rev. Fecunditas (or Faustina as Fecunditas) standing facing, head right, holding long scepter in right hand and, with left hand and arm, infant with its arms raised towards its mother (representing Marcus Annius Verus, b. ca. 162 AD*), FECVNDITAS. RIC III MA 677, RSC II Faustina II 99c (Faustina with double strand of pearls)**, Sear RCV II 5252, BMCRE Marcus Aurelius 92 (<i>var</i>. with Faustina wearing single strand of pearls***). 18.46 mm., 3.54 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1365750[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*See Dinsdale Ch. 4 p. 51 &amp; n. 1 [Dinsdale, Paul H., <i>The Imperial Coinage of the Middle Antonines: Marcus Aurelius with Lucius Verus and Commodus</i>, Ch. 4, <i>Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 </i>(<a href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04%20-%20Faustina%20II%20-%20Undated,%20158-176%20%28med_res%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://romanpaulus.x10host.com/Marcus/04 - Faustina II - Undated, 158-176 (med_res).pdf</a>) at p. 51] (&quot;This issue refers to the birth of M. Annius Verus in 162&quot;). See also <a href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marcus_Annius_Verus_Caesar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marcus_Annius_Verus_Caesar" rel="nofollow">https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marcus_Annius_Verus_Caesar</a> : “Marcus Annius Verus Caesar (born 162 or 163 – 10 September 169) was the 12th of 13 children of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Empress Faustina the Younger. Annius was made caesar on 12 October 166 AD, alongside his brother Commodus, designating them co-heirs of the Roman Empire. Annius died on 10 September 169, at age seven, due to complications from a surgery to remove a tumor from under his ear. His death left Commodus as the sole heir. . . . He was given the name of Marcus Annius Verus because it was the original name of his father, Marcus Aurelius” -- as well as his grandfather and great-grandfather.</p><p><br /></p><p>** The fourth of four listed varieties, along with Faustina II bareheaded, with single strand of pearls, and with stephane. (See RSC II at p. 223.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>*** The British Museum, at least as of the date of BMCRE, does not appear to have an example of the variety with Faustina II wearing a double strand of pearls.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Another Fecunditas, but not Faustina II or Julia Domna.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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