http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=portrait_facet:"Faustina the Younger"&start=340 Another online listing suggests the number but has no photo. I do not own RIC under volume IV because I have BMC and preferred it when making the choice. Since then, a new version of volume 1 may have made that choice wrong but my interest in 12 Caesars was low enough I never bought it either.
Pish -- thanks so much! I heard about acsearch last summer at the ANA Summer Seminar, but of course, promptly forgot about using it as a research tool. In the future, I shall not. Thanks again.
This is my favorite Roman empress Faustina elder, looking very elegant veiled and draped, minted by Antoninus Pius after her death. Reverse shows the Temple Diva Faustina that still stands in the Roman Forum. AE Sestertius 25gm, 33mm, Rome 141 AD, RIC 1115.
The thread is a few years old now and the site may have converted the images to save space? Anyone know?
It may be your internet bandwidth. These all come up FULL image for me. However, sometimes when I view pics on my iPhone or iPad on other WiFi spots, there may be bandwidth problems which thumbnail the pics. SELF EDIT: Oops, looks like others answered the pic prob for you.
Cool old thread!!! It started just as I began searching for a forum discussing ancients. I was wondering about the 'thumb nail' stuff too LOL A denarius of Crispina that I picked up several months ago as an upgrade to the sole bronze example I had: