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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 3099524, member: 80783&quot;]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:</p><p>- bottom right: Galeria Faustina (12)</p><p>- bottom left: Lucilla (11)</p><p>- top right: Fadilla (2)</p><p>- top left: Cornificia (1)</p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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