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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8123426, member: 75937"]The Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis is a museum in Nicopolis, in the Preveza regional unit in Epiros. Among its many interesting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Nikopolis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Nikopolis" rel="nofollow">items on display</a> is a "marble head of Faustina, wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who appears to suffer from strabismus." This is the <a href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-portait-of-faustina-in-the-museum-at-nikopolis-greece-26398268.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-portait-of-faustina-in-the-museum-at-nikopolis-greece-26398268.html" rel="nofollow">only photo I could find online</a> of this artifact.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414480[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But I don't believe it's really her. I desperately want to see this artifact from all angles and if anyone has better or different photos of it, please let me know. I'm very interested in the appearance of the chignon that would be on the back of her head.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm very interested, because IF it were really of the young empress, it might demonstrate that she had strabismus, a disorder in which both eyes do not line up in the same direction.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don't think it's her on the basis of the hairstyle. The coiffure on the figure in the statue has only four horizontal waves in the hair on each side of the midline part. This hairstyle with the horizontal waves is only compatible with the Beckmann type 3 hairstyle, which I discuss <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-beckmann-type-3-hairstyle.387681/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-beckmann-type-3-hairstyle.387681/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. It is thought to depict Faustina the Younger and illustrates a hairstyle more consistent with that seen on her coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12345-faustina-ii-1-jpg.1376953/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Portrait head of the empress Faustina the Younger. Thasian marble. Found in Athens. Accession number: 442. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Athens, Greece. Photo by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:George_E._Koronaios" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:George_E._Koronaios" rel="nofollow">George E. Koronaios</a> and used <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_head_of_Faustina_the_Younger_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_July_4,_2018.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_head_of_Faustina_the_Younger_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_July_4,_2018.jpg" rel="nofollow">by permission</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12345-faustina-ii-2-jpg.1376954/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The same sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto and used <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Roman_busts_of_women_in_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens#/media/File:1680_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Faustina_Minor_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall'Orto,_Nov_11_2009.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Roman_busts_of_women_in_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens#/media/File:1680_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Faustina_Minor_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall'Orto,_Nov_11_2009.jpg" rel="nofollow">by permission</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an aureus depicting her in this hairstyle.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-concordia-dove-right-type-3-hairstyle-kunker-jpg.1361772/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Aureus, RIC 503. Künker, Auction 304, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4840383" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4840383" rel="nofollow">lot 1183</a>, 19 March 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a denarius from my collection depicting her in this hairstyle as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1414469[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g 19 mm.</p><p>Rome, mid AD 151-mid AD 152.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle).</p><p>Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding skirt and cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: RIC 500b(6); BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen/RSC 44; RCV 4703; CRE 163.</p><p><br /></p><p>And a sestertius from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-s-c-apple-and-scepter-sestertius-long-obv-inscr-type-3-hairstyle-jpg.1379700/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.00 g, 32.2 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, mid AD 151-mid AD 152.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle).</p><p>Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1387b; BMCRE 2168; Cohen 250; RCV --; Strack 1311.</p><p><br /></p><p>The empress has FIVE horizontal waves on this statue and these coins, not four. Moreover, no other statues depict the empress with strabismus. To the best of my knowledge, no ancient sources report she suffered from that eye condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another pet peeve -- the curators of the museum date that statue to AD 169-180, but we know on the basis of numismatic evidence that she wore this hairstyle for only an exceptionally brief period in AD 151-152.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think it's her.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8123426, member: 75937"]The Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis is a museum in Nicopolis, in the Preveza regional unit in Epiros. Among its many interesting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological_Museum_of_Nikopolis']items on display[/URL] is a "marble head of Faustina, wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who appears to suffer from strabismus." This is the [URL='https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-portait-of-faustina-in-the-museum-at-nikopolis-greece-26398268.html']only photo I could find online[/URL] of this artifact. [ATTACH=full]1414480[/ATTACH] But I don't believe it's really her. I desperately want to see this artifact from all angles and if anyone has better or different photos of it, please let me know. I'm very interested in the appearance of the chignon that would be on the back of her head. I'm very interested, because IF it were really of the young empress, it might demonstrate that she had strabismus, a disorder in which both eyes do not line up in the same direction. But I don't think it's her on the basis of the hairstyle. The coiffure on the figure in the statue has only four horizontal waves in the hair on each side of the midline part. This hairstyle with the horizontal waves is only compatible with the Beckmann type 3 hairstyle, which I discuss [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-friday-beckmann-type-3-hairstyle.387681/']here[/URL]. Here is a sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. It is thought to depict Faustina the Younger and illustrates a hairstyle more consistent with that seen on her coins. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12345-faustina-ii-1-jpg.1376953/[/IMG] Portrait head of the empress Faustina the Younger. Thasian marble. Found in Athens. Accession number: 442. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Athens, Greece. Photo by [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:George_E._Koronaios']George E. Koronaios[/URL] and used [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_head_of_Faustina_the_Younger_at_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens_on_July_4,_2018.jpg']by permission[/URL]. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/12345-faustina-ii-2-jpg.1376954/[/IMG] The same sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto and used [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Roman_busts_of_women_in_the_National_Archaeological_Museum_of_Athens#/media/File:1680_-_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens_-_Faustina_Minor_-_Photo_by_Giovanni_Dall'Orto,_Nov_11_2009.jpg']by permission[/URL]. Here is an aureus depicting her in this hairstyle. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-concordia-dove-right-type-3-hairstyle-kunker-jpg.1361772/[/IMG] Aureus, RIC 503. Künker, Auction 304, [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4840383']lot 1183[/URL], 19 March 2018. And here is a denarius from my collection depicting her in this hairstyle as well. [ATTACH=full]1414469[/ATTACH] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g 19 mm. Rome, mid AD 151-mid AD 152. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle). Rev: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding skirt and cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 500b(6); BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen/RSC 44; RCV 4703; CRE 163. And a sestertius from my collection. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venvs-s-c-apple-and-scepter-sestertius-long-obv-inscr-type-3-hairstyle-jpg.1379700/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.00 g, 32.2 mm, 5 h. Rome, mid AD 151-mid AD 152. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann type 3 hairstyle). Rev: VENVS S C, Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter. Refs: RIC 1387b; BMCRE 2168; Cohen 250; RCV --; Strack 1311. The empress has FIVE horizontal waves on this statue and these coins, not four. Moreover, no other statues depict the empress with strabismus. To the best of my knowledge, no ancient sources report she suffered from that eye condition. Another pet peeve -- the curators of the museum date that statue to AD 169-180, but we know on the basis of numismatic evidence that she wore this hairstyle for only an exceptionally brief period in AD 151-152. I don't think it's her.[/QUOTE]
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