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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4953967, member: 75937"]Venus, who symbolized love, faithfulness and fertility, was an appropriate type for a young married empress, and the rudder also associates her to Fortuna, guiding the Empire towards prosperity. She may be Venus Caelestis holding a globe -- a Roman adaptation of the Syrian Goddess, Aphrodite Urania -- but she may also be Venus Genetrix, the protectress of Julius Caesar who is depicted holding an apple, the fruit being one more symbol of fertility.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins with the dative of dedication inscription, FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL (to Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus), are thought to be the first issues of Antoninus Pius for his daughter, dating to about AD 147-150.* This coin comes in a bare-headed version (RSC 266, RIC 517a, BMCRE 1075), a version with a single strand of pearls about the empress's head (RSC 266a, RIC 517c, BMCRE 1067-73), and with a double strand of pearls (RSC 266b, BMC 1074). Here's my version of the coin, with the single strand of pearls. The die-engraver made the empress a little slack-jawed.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venus-and-rudder-denarius-jpg.1069630/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.64 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 147-150.</p><p>Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bust of Faustina II, draped, right, with band of pearls round head.</p><p>Rev: VENVS, Venus, standing left, holding apple or globe in right hand and rudder around which is twined a dolphin in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 517c; BMCRE 1067-73; RSC 266a; Strack 495; RCV 4708; CRE 233.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Mattingly, Harold, <i>Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. </i>London, BMP, 1968, p. xliv.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4953967, member: 75937"]Venus, who symbolized love, faithfulness and fertility, was an appropriate type for a young married empress, and the rudder also associates her to Fortuna, guiding the Empire towards prosperity. She may be Venus Caelestis holding a globe -- a Roman adaptation of the Syrian Goddess, Aphrodite Urania -- but she may also be Venus Genetrix, the protectress of Julius Caesar who is depicted holding an apple, the fruit being one more symbol of fertility. The coins with the dative of dedication inscription, FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL (to Faustina Augusta, daughter of Pius Augustus), are thought to be the first issues of Antoninus Pius for his daughter, dating to about AD 147-150.* This coin comes in a bare-headed version (RSC 266, RIC 517a, BMCRE 1075), a version with a single strand of pearls about the empress's head (RSC 266a, RIC 517c, BMCRE 1067-73), and with a double strand of pearls (RSC 266b, BMC 1074). Here's my version of the coin, with the single strand of pearls. The die-engraver made the empress a little slack-jawed. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-venus-and-rudder-denarius-jpg.1069630/[/IMG] Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman AR denarius, 2.64 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 147-150. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bust of Faustina II, draped, right, with band of pearls round head. Rev: VENVS, Venus, standing left, holding apple or globe in right hand and rudder around which is twined a dolphin in left hand. Refs: RIC 517c; BMCRE 1067-73; RSC 266a; Strack 495; RCV 4708; CRE 233. *Mattingly, Harold, [I]Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol. IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. [/I]London, BMP, 1968, p. xliv.[/QUOTE]
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