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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2976911, member: 75937&quot;]Juno Lucina, the &quot;bringer of light,&quot; was the goddess who helped newborn children see the light of day and is especially associated with childbirth in the Imperial family. As the goddess of childbirth, Juno Lucina is typically portrayed with or holding children, such as on this dupondius of Faustina Jr, who <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-junior-has-twins.287347/#post-2583736" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/faustina-junior-has-twins.287347/#post-2583736">had a lot of children</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731665[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Jr, under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-175</p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.23 g, 25.1 mm, 6 h</p><p>Rome, AD 161-175</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left between two children, holding a third child on left arm</p><p>Refs: RIC 1650; BMCRE p. 541, *; Cohen 137; RCV 5298; MIR 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>A variety of objects may accompany her, such as a patera and scepter -- attributes of Juno:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731667[/ATTACH] </p><p>Crispina, AD 177-182 </p><p>Roman orichalcum dupondius; 13.19 g, 25 mm, 12 h </p><p>Rome, AD 180-182 </p><p>Obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right </p><p>Rev: IVNO LVCINA SC, Juno standing l., holding patera and scepter </p><p>Refs: RIC 680; BMCRE 433; Cohen 24; RCV 6018</p><p><br /></p><p>More frequently, she is depicted with a flower, as is the case with the following coin. The flower recalls the circumstances by which Juno conceived Mars. Ovid relates the story that Juno, angry that her husband Jupiter had given birth to Minerva on his own, decided to do the same thing herself and become pregnant without her husband. She consulted with the goddess Flora, who touched Juno with a flower from the fields of Olenus. Juno thus conceived and gave birth to Mars.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731668[/ATTACH] </p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-211</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius; 26.43 g, 32.5 mm, 12 h</p><p>Rome, AD 211</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno enthroned left, holding flower and child in swaddling clothes</p><p>Refs: RIC 857; BMCRE 770; Cohen 94; RCV 6627; Hill 1173</p><p><br /></p><p>Juno Lucina is depicted on coins of Faustina II, Lucilla, Crispina, and Julia Domna. </p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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