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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 7936984, member: 80952&quot;]My first Faustina II was a provincial </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis</p><p>21 m 6.6 g </p><p>ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ, draped bust of Faustina II, r. /&nbsp; ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩ(Ν), Tyche standing, l., wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia</p><p>RPC IV.1, 3917 (temporary), Jurukova 68, 72, and 74, BMC 7 </p><p><br /></p><p>My first denarius </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373135[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II AD 147-175. From the Tareq Hani collection. </p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>18 mm., 3,34 g.</p><p>RIC III Marcus Aurelius 696; RSC 139a</p><p>Date Range: AD 161 - AD 176</p><p>Obverse Legend: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA</p><p>Type: Bust of Faustina II, wearing circlet of pearls, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right</p><p>Reverse Legend: IVNONI REGINAE</p><p>Type: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at left, peacock</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an even younger Faustina the Younger, another example shown before by [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373136[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina II AD 147-175. Rome</p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>18 mm, 2,81 g</p><p>RIC III Antoninus Pius 517C</p><p>BMCRE 1067; Cohen —; Strack 495</p><p>Date Range: AD 147-149</p><p>Obverse Legend: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL</p><p>Type: Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right</p><p>Portrait: Faustina the Younger</p><p>Reverse Legend: VENVS</p><p>Type: Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dolphin, in left[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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