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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3081000, member: 88829&quot;]Following up on Roman Collector&#039;s post celebrating Faustina II, here is one more coin showing her with more of the progeny for which she was so remarkable:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775884[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But let us not forget HER mother, Faustina I, whose celebrated maternal qualities extended to children not her own.&nbsp; I refer to the child welfare organization, Faustina&#039;s Girls, which was dedicated to fostering orphan/unwanted girls in Rome.&nbsp; After her death Antoninus commemorated it on a couple of coins in her honor, one of which was a denarius:</p><p>Reverse inscription PVELLAE FAUSTINIANAE (to the Girls of Faustina)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]775885[/ATTACH]</p><p>The complex scene is described in BMC as:</p><p>Antoninus seated l. [i.e. <i>facing</i> left] on platform with Faustina I standing l. beside him: both lean forward to welcome child carried in arms of man, togate, standing r. [i.e <i>facing</i> right].&nbsp;&nbsp; below: in front of the platform another man, togate, is running l., pushing a second child in front of him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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