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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3790264, member: 75937"]<i>Let's see your posthumous issues of Faustina II or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Upon her death in the winter of AD 175-176, the coinage for Faustina II passes immediately into the so-called "consecration issues." As Mattingly* notes, her coinage illustrates the story of her deification.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, consecration is decreed by the title "Diva" before her name on the obverse and the appearance of the pyre of consecration on the reverse. The title "Mater castrorum" of her late lifetime issues is reinterpreted; the deified empress -- a new goddess -- had been like a mother to the soldiers in life and now has her place in worship by the camp.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012419[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum sestertius, 27.34 g, 31.3mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVAE FAVSTIN•AVG•MATR•CASTROR, veiled and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Pyramidal crematorium of four stories with garlanded base, door on second level and surmounted by Faustina in biga.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1709; BMCRE 1552-53; Cohen 76; Sear 5231; MIR 46.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>For the new goddess is worthy of such piety, and her new appellation as "Pia" reflects the empress's piety in life.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012435[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Faustina Junior, AD 161-175/6.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 2.75 gm 19.1 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over lighted altar from patera in left hand and holding vertical scepter in right hand.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 741; BMCRE 711; RSC 66c; RCV 5214; CRE 204.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, borne aloft by the peacock of Juno, the Diva Faustina Pia passes into "Aeternitas," where her deified parents, Antoninus Pius and Faustina I, already dwell.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012432[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.28 g, 32.2 mm, 12 h. </font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Faustina, holding scepter, seated left on back of peacock flying upward to right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1702; BMCRE 1570-71; Cohen 69; RCV 5227; MIR 56.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>She is greeted by the spirit of eternity -- Aeternitas -- with the immortal phoenix as her sign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012433[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. </font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.73 g, 30.8 mm, 1 h. </font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: Aeternitas standing facing, head left, holding phoenix on globe in right hand and leaning left elbow on column.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1693; BMCRE 1563-65; Cohen 7; RCV 5222; MIR 51; Banti 4.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>She is "received by the stars" (sideribus recepta), the heaven whence she came, and becomes a new Diana Lucifera, illuminating the darkness of the night.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012438[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 161-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 23.66 g, 30.2 mm, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, Diva Faustina, as Diana Lucifera, draped, wearing crescent on shoulders behind neck, standing right, holding lighted long torch.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1715; BMCRE 1584-88; Cohen 215; RCV (4th ed.; not in 5th) 1530.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-consecratio-moon-and-stars-denarius-jpg.911911/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">Faustina Jr, AD 161-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 3.14 g, 17 mm, 11 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO, crescent moon around large star, surrounded by six stars.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 750; BMCRE 718; Cohen 83; RCV 5219; MIR 63; CRE 172.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>As a counterpart of Juno, the queen of the gods, the empress is henceforth invoked in prayer. Altar and the peacock of Juno become her attributes as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012439[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 161-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 19.75 g, 30.0 mm, 1 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Altar-enclosure, with door in front and horns visible above.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 1706; RCV 5230; BMCRE 1579-81; Cohen 76; RCV 5230; MIR 61.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012445[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Faustina Jr, AD 161-175.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman AR denarius, 3.60 g, 17.4 mm, 5 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, AD 176 or later.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: CONSECRATIO, Peacock standing right, head left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RIC 744; BMCRE 716-17; RSC 71a; RCV 5215; MIR 58; CRE 202.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</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, pp. cxliv-cxlv.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3790264, member: 75937"][I]Let's see your posthumous issues of Faustina II or anything you feel is relevant![/I] Upon her death in the winter of AD 175-176, the coinage for Faustina II passes immediately into the so-called "consecration issues." As Mattingly* notes, her coinage illustrates the story of her deification. First, consecration is decreed by the title "Diva" before her name on the obverse and the appearance of the pyre of consecration on the reverse. The title "Mater castrorum" of her late lifetime issues is reinterpreted; the deified empress -- a new goddess -- had been like a mother to the soldiers in life and now has her place in worship by the camp. [ATTACH=full]1012419[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 27.34 g, 31.3mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVAE FAVSTIN•AVG•MATR•CASTROR, veiled and draped bust, right. Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Pyramidal crematorium of four stories with garlanded base, door on second level and surmounted by Faustina in biga. Refs: RIC 1709; BMCRE 1552-53; Cohen 76; Sear 5231; MIR 46.[/SIZE] For the new goddess is worthy of such piety, and her new appellation as "Pia" reflects the empress's piety in life. [ATTACH=full]1012435[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Faustina Junior, AD 161-175/6. Roman AR denarius, 2.75 gm 19.1 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: CONSECRATIO, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over lighted altar from patera in left hand and holding vertical scepter in right hand. Refs: RIC 741; BMCRE 711; RSC 66c; RCV 5214; CRE 204.[/SIZE] Next, borne aloft by the peacock of Juno, the Diva Faustina Pia passes into "Aeternitas," where her deified parents, Antoninus Pius and Faustina I, already dwell. [ATTACH=full]1012432[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 26.28 g, 32.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Faustina, holding scepter, seated left on back of peacock flying upward to right. Refs: RIC 1702; BMCRE 1570-71; Cohen 69; RCV 5227; MIR 56.[/SIZE] She is greeted by the spirit of eternity -- Aeternitas -- with the immortal phoenix as her sign. [ATTACH=full]1012433[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Diva Faustina II, AD 147-175/6. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.73 g, 30.8 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: Aeternitas standing facing, head left, holding phoenix on globe in right hand and leaning left elbow on column. Refs: RIC 1693; BMCRE 1563-65; Cohen 7; RCV 5222; MIR 51; Banti[SIZE=3] [/SIZE]4.[/SIZE] She is "received by the stars" (sideribus recepta), the heaven whence she came, and becomes a new Diana Lucifera, illuminating the darkness of the night. [ATTACH=full]1012438[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Faustina II, AD 161-175. Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 23.66 g, 30.2 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, Diva Faustina, as Diana Lucifera, draped, wearing crescent on shoulders behind neck, standing right, holding lighted long torch. Refs: RIC 1715; BMCRE 1584-88; Cohen 215; RCV (4th ed.; not in 5th) 1530.[/SIZE] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-jr-consecratio-moon-and-stars-denarius-jpg.911911/[/IMG] [SIZE=3]Faustina Jr, AD 161-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.14 g, 17 mm, 11 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: CONSECRATIO, crescent moon around large star, surrounded by six stars. Refs: RIC 750; BMCRE 718; Cohen 83; RCV 5219; MIR 63; CRE 172.[/SIZE] As a counterpart of Juno, the queen of the gods, the empress is henceforth invoked in prayer. Altar and the peacock of Juno become her attributes as well. [ATTACH=full]1012439[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Faustina II, AD 161-175. Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 19.75 g, 30.0 mm, 1 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: CONSECRATIO S C, Altar-enclosure, with door in front and horns visible above. Refs: RIC 1706; RCV 5230; BMCRE 1579-81; Cohen 76; RCV 5230; MIR 61.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1012445[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Faustina Jr, AD 161-175. Roman AR denarius, 3.60 g, 17.4 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 176 or later. Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: CONSECRATIO, Peacock standing right, head left. Refs: RIC 744; BMCRE 716-17; RSC 71a; RCV 5215; MIR 58; CRE 202.[/SIZE] ~~~ *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, pp. cxliv-cxlv.[/QUOTE]
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