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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2918253, member: 75937&quot;]I love Antonine women on coins; I actively collect Faustina I and II, Lucilla and Crispina. I got this one from Frank&#039;s latest auction. The coin depicts Juno Lucina, the &quot;bringer of light,&quot; the goddess who helped newborn children see the light of day and is especially associated with childbirth in the Imperial family.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the goddess of childbirth, Juno Lucina is typically portrayed with or holding children. A variety of objects may accompany her, such as a patera and scepter -- attributes of Juno -- or more frequently, a flower, as is the case with this 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>Juno Lucina appears seated and standing on many coins of Lucilla, including denarii, sesterii and dupondii/asses, although none of Lucilla&#039;s children appear on coins because she was banished to the Isle of Capri and executed by her brother Commodus and thus fell into disrepute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Juno Lucina appears also on the coinage of Lucilla&#039;s mother, Faustina II, and her sister-in-law, Crispina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]706054[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucilla, AD 164-169</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.42 g, 18.1 mm, 1 h</p><p>Rome, AD 166</p><p>Obv: LVCILLA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno enthroned left, holding flower and child wrapped in swaddling clothes</p><p>Refs: RIC 770; BMCRE 339; Cohen 41; RCV 5486; MIR 34; CRE 252.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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