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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3132321, member: 75937&quot;]The phoenix (φοῖνιξ) is a mythological bird that has immortality by being endlessly reborn from the ashes of its predecessor.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Stevenson&#039;s <i><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=phoenix" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=phoenix" rel="nofollow">Dictionary of Roman Coins</a></i>, the phoenix represents either the eternity of the empire or the eternity of the happiness enjoyed by those deceased members of the imperial family who already were placed in the ranks of the immortal gods. Because the phoenix represents renewal and immortality, the mythological bird is one of the attributes of Aeternitas, who personifies eternity and stability.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phoenix serves this purpose on these bronze issues to honor the deified Faustina I, the wife of Antoninus Pius. Post your coins with a phoenix!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799056[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 26.57 gm, 32.5 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 155-161.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS SC, Aeternitas enthroned left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1103Aa, RCV 4606; BMCRE 1482; Cohen 15. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]799057[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rome, AD 147-161.</p><p>Roman AE as or dupondius, 10.91 gm, 27.3 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Rome, ca. AD 155-161.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: AETERNITAS SC, Aeternitas enthroned left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter. Refs: RIC 1156; RCV 4637; BMCRE 1549; Cohen 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: although dated to AD 147 by Sear, die-linkage studies of the sestertii of DIVA FAVSTINA by Beckmann suggest a date of issue in the late 150s. See Beckmann, Martin. <i>Diva Faustina: Coinage and Cult in Rome and the Provinces.</i> American Numismatic Society, 2012.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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