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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4223888, member: 75937&quot;]My favorite women on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina I.</b> She died before she could do anything famous, but Antoninus Pius&#039; devotion to her and massive coin issues for twenty years after her death as well as dedicating a temple to Diva Faustina attest to how much she was loved.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aeternitas-fortuna-sestertius-veiled-jpg.1078735/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.12 g, 32.6 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped and veiled, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS S C, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and long rudder, vertical in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1107b; BMCRE 1499-1500; Cohen 8; Strack 1267; RCV 4608 v.; Dinsdale 021000.</p><p>Notes: Obverse die-match to <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3178600&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Faustina+1107&amp;page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3178600&amp;partId=1&amp;searchText=Faustina+1107&amp;page=1" rel="nofollow">BMCRE 1499</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Domna.</b> By all accounts, she was an intelligent and cultured woman, a patron of the arts and literature.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081130[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman oricalchum sestertius, 19.29 g, 29.4 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 199.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: VENVS FELIX S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and fold of drapery.</p><p>Refs: RIC 866; BMCRE 775; Cohen 199; RCV 6632; Hill 387.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustina II.</b> The only woman in Roman history to be the daughter of an emperor, the wife of an emperor and the mother of an emperor. Through her coinage, she is perhaps best known for her fecundity and variety of hair styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081134[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.49 g, 29.0 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD ca. 174-176.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: MATRI MAGNAE S C, Cybele seated right, holding drum in left hand on left knee; to left and right of throne, lions, seated right.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1663, BMCRE 932-935; Cohen 169; Sear 5281; MIR 25; ERIC II 205.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Julia Mamaea. </b>She was a powerful woman whose guiding influence over her teenaged son, Severus Alexander, provided some stability in a time of extreme instability.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1081135[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 15.70 g, 27.4 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome mint, 6th officina, 13th emission, 1st phase, AD 231.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA MAMA-EA AVGVSTA, Bust of Julia Mamaea, draped and diademed, right.</p><p>Rev: IVNO AVGVSTAE, Juno seated left, holding flower in extended right hand and swaddled infant on left arm.</p><p>Refs: RIC 683; BMCRE 759-760; Cohen 33; RCV 8230; Banti 9; ERIC II 54.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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