Who pulled the trigger at today´s Roma Auction?

Well I did twice and here is what I got:

Faustina II Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 161. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas holding child on each arm, two more children standing right and left; S-C across fields. RIC 1635. 25.15g, 32mm, 12h.

Very Fine.


Pupienus Æ Sestertius. Lugdunum, April - June AD 238. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left, holding wreath in right hand and drapery and palm in left; S-C across fields. RIC 23a. 23.82g, 26mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Areas of flat striking. Attractive brown/red patina.



Now wait - I didn´t know Pupienus struck at Lugdunum!

Let´s see your ROMA wins!

 

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Love that Pupienus!

 

Gorgeous! I love that Pupienus!!

Not that the Faustina is bad, either; she's better than my humble example:

 

I got one. It says I’m the high bidder on my account but I haven’t received an invoice yet.

 

Man alive! When I saw the Faustina ii I was like
But when I saw your Pupienus I was like
Big CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Faustina seems pretty cavalier about the way she's holding her infants in the OP coin. No wonder so many of her kids didn't make it into adulthood.

 

Yeah the Pupienus is a winner!

 

Both are very nice coins!

John

 

If we assume that this Sestertius was struck on the occasion of her husband´s accession to the throne in 161, and that the personification of Fecunditas on the reverse of this coin is meant to actually picture Faustina and her children, then we can identify the infants pictured! In this case they must be her four surviving daughters, arranged according to size/age:
- bottom right: Galeria Faustina (12)
- bottom left: Lucilla (11)
- top right: Fadilla (2)
- top left: Cornificia (1)
By this time Faustina had already lost four sons and one daughter, but she was pregnant with twins (including future emperor Commodus) and there was more to come, proving that no roman empress deserved the celebration of her fertility more than the younger Faustina.

 

Cornuflacia?

 

Educate me, how can you tell that the Pupienus
was struck at Lugdunum? Thank you.

 

VERY nice captures @Julius Germanicus ! Wow, both are great!

Unfortunately, I did not partake of this Roma auction. HOWEVER, I usually do not have a chance to post my Poopyanoos. Here is my Denarius to honor your great Sestertius!


Pupienus AR Denarius 3g IMP CM CLOD PVPIENVS AVG laur bust - CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia std throne patera double cornucopiae Seaby 6

 

I can´t. I just copied the seller´s picture and description and I guess they made a mistake there . As far as I know, nothing was struck at Lugdunum in 238.