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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 3247318, member: 80804&quot;]I&#039;ve always liked this sensitive Faustina Jr. portrait. I assume it&#039;s closer to &quot;real life&quot; than her more often-seen, pleasant but bland and &quot;epitomized&quot; portrait.</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album94/E_01_Faustina_Jr_Fecunditas.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>More typically she&#039;s shown like this:</p><p>(same reverse, you may note)</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album94/ML15_Faustina_II_Fecunditas_den.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this might lead into a discussion of whose &quot;normal representation&quot; was typically the most attractive woman&#039;s portrait (to modern eyes) on a Roman coin</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of folks say Crispina:<img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album95/ML_14_Crispina_Juno_as.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>sorry I don&#039;t have a spiffier specimen, but you can get an overall impression</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Lucilla was also portrayed in a pretty attractive manner on many of her coins:</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album96/ML05_Lucilla_Concordia_den.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Seems like the Antonines had some attractive women among them -and some decently talented engravers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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