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Message:: [QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4027265, member: 75937"]Post your lifetime issues of Faustina I or anything you feel is relevant! Faustina's life was cut tragically short. She died in October or November of AD 140, at the age of 40, a mere two years after receiving the title of Augusta following her husband Antoninus Pius' assumption of the imperial purple in AD 138. Following her death, Pius issued an astonishingly large series of posthumous issues in her name, dwarfing the coinage produced in her lifetime. There are literally dozens of different reverse types in each denomination of these posthumous coins. In contrast, her lifetime issues are limited in scope and reverse types and are not nearly as commonly encountered in the market. Her lifetime issues are typically divided into three periods, characterized by different obverse legends. Denarii of the first issue (no genuine aurei bear this inscription), AD 138 bear the legend FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG, "Faustina, (wife) of Antoninus." BMCRE4 reports three reverse types, Concordia standing, Concordia seated, and Vesta seated. I have none of these scarce issues. <a href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210731&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+36&page=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1210731&partId=1&searchText=Faustina+36&page=1" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is an example from the British Museum collection: [ATTACH=full]1058733[/ATTACH]<blockquote>RIC —; BMCRE 36; Cohen —; Strack 392; RCV --; CRE 91. </blockquote> Gold and silver coins of the second issue, AD 138-139 reflect Antoninus Pius' title of Pater Patriae, "Father of the Fatherland," and bear the inscription FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P. [ATTACH=full]1058734[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.07 g, 17.1 mm, 5 h.Rome, AD 138-139.Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated l. on low chair, holding patera and resting l. elbow on cornucopiae which forms arm of chair.Refs: RIC 327; BMCRE 41; Cohen 146; Strack cf. 394; RCV 4667; UCR 163; CRE 89.Notes: Strack fails to make clear whether his cited specimens are of the variety with the cornucopiae forming the arm of the chair or with the statue of Spes; he cites Cohen’s references to both types.</blockquote> [ATTACH=full]1058735[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.13 g, 18.3 mm, 5 h.Rome, AD 138-139.Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae, and resting l. arm on column.Refs: RIC 329; BMCRE 42; Cohen 153; Strack 395; RCV --; CRE 92.</blockquote> The issues of AD 139-140 bear the legend FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-concordia-avg-denarius-jpg.854003/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.40 g, 17 mm.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.Refs: RIC 335; BMCRE 133-135; Cohen/RSC 151; RCV 4668; UCR 199; CRE 93.</blockquote> [ATTACH=full]1058739[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.31 g, 18.7 mm, 6 h.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right.Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno, veiled, standing l., holding patera and sceptre; at feet l., peacock.Refs: RIC 338; BMCRE 136-137; Cohen 215; RCV 4669; UCR 342; Strack 403; CRE 100.</blockquote> [ATTACH=full]1058742[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.55 g, 17.6 mm, 6 h.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right.Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Throne; long transverse sceptre leans across it; below, peacock standing r. with tail spread.Refs: RIC 339a; BMCRE 139; Cohen 219; RCV --; Strack 405; CRE 131.</blockquote> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-ivnoni-reginae-peacock-and-throne-denarius-naumann-jpg.918344/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman AR denarius, 3.30 g, 18.4 mm, 6 h.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right.Rev: IVNONI REGINAE, Throne, on which stands peacock with tail spread; behind throne, transverse scepter.Refs: RIC 340; BMCRE 145; Cohen/RSC 221; RCV 4670; CRE 135-6; UCR (Hill) 283; Strack 405; ERIC II-83.</blockquote> The inscriptions on the aes coinage are even more limited; all reflect Pius' title of Pater Patriae and were issued from AD 138-140. They bear the inscriptions FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P or FAVSTINA AVG PII P P (on a single issue, RIC 1077b). [ATTACH=full]1058744[/ATTACH]<blockquote>Faustina Senior, AD 138-140.Roman copper alloy as or dupondius, 10.35 g, 26.4 mm, 11 h.Rome, AD 138-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: CERES SC, Ceres standing l., holding corn-ears and long torch.Refs: RIC 1084; BMCRE 1124; Cohen 140; RCV 4679; UCR 150; Strack 1214.</blockquote> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-concordia-avg-dupondius-jpg.854013/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Faustina Senior, AD 138-140.Roman orichalcum dupondius, 15.43 g, 28.5 mm, 5h.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: CONCORDIA AVG SC, Condordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae.Refs: RIC 1088; BMCRE 1125; Cohen 152; RCV 4641 var. (no column); Strack 1215.Notes: This is probably the middle bronze companion to the denarius above, depicting Concordia standing but not leaning on a column, issued AD 139-140. BMCRE4 incorrectly describes #1125 as depicting Concordia leaning on a column. However, the specimen is illustrated in plate 25, no. 2 and on the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=665346001&objectId=1199053&partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=665346001&objectId=1199053&partId=1" rel="nofollow">BMC website</a> and there is no column. She leans on a column in BMCRE #1126, as seen on the <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=665347001&objectId=1199052&partId=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=665347001&objectId=1199052&partId=1" rel="nofollow">BMC website</a>. Therefore, BMCRE 1126 is likely the companion issue to an earlier denarius, BMCRE 42, also depicting Concordia leaning on a column but bearing the obverse inscription FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, issued in AD 138-139. RIC and Cohen have separate listings for the middle bronze with the column (RIC 1089/Cohen 155) and without (RIC 1088/Cohen 152).</blockquote> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-ivnoni-reginae-lifetime-as-jpg.907482/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><blockquote>Faustina I, AD 138-140.Roman Æ as, 10.10 g, 27.1 mm, 11 h.Rome, AD 139-140.Obv: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII P P, bare-headed and draped bust, right.Rev: IVNONI REGINAE S C, Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at her feet, peacock standing left, head right.Refs: RIC 1091; BMCRE 1129-1130; Cohen --; RCV --; Strack 1218; ERIC II 280.</blockquote>[/QUOTE]

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