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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7312296, member: 86498&quot;]I have only two sestertii of Faustina Junior. </p><p>Faustina II Ae sestertius&nbsp; 161-176 AD Rome RIC 1635 Obv. Bust right diademed and draped. Rv. Fecunditas standing left flanked by two girls and cradling two infants in her arms. 23.75 grms 30 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1278227[/ATTACH]There is quite a divergence in the imagery of Faustina II.&nbsp; I believe judging by the hair style that this is a fairly early image of Faustina which was minted during the reign of Marcus Aurelius. My other sestertius is one minted while her husband was still heir presumptive. However despite being minted some years apart and the dies created by different artists, both images do have many points of commonality and it is clear that the same individual is being depicted. I find the reverse of this coin to be quite charming with a mother figure surrounded by a number of her children.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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