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    I guess early dynastic empresses have limited authority over the matter. I wonder if Sabina and Julia Titi would complain when they see their coins with emperor-looking portraits instead of theirs. On the other hand, there are surely coins minted with great portraits, such as Agrippina Junior, Faustina Junior and the five Julias. Just my thoughts.
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    A nice big coin with great portrait, @Julius Germanicus. Thanks for sharing. I don't have one with Aeternitas on the reverse design, but a Vesta instead. Diva Faustina Sestertius Obv: DIVA-FAVSTINA Draped bust of Faustina right. Rev: AVGVSTA / S - C Veiled Vesta standing left, leaning with right hand on flaming torch 30mm, 24.95g N&N London auction. January 2023.
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    A wonderful selection, @Ryro. My favorites are 1, 2, 4 and 5. I like mythic themes on coins, and your Lernaean Hydra (#5) and Ceryneian hind (#4) are both great examples. Your #2 coin has a nice Claudia Octavia portrait. Good Athena portrait for your #1 coin, with such a cool-looking helmet! 🙂
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    All stunning coins, @filolif! I like them all. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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    Thanks for your another great Faustina Friday article, @Roman Collector. I enjoy seeing the cool coins and reading the details behind. Here is a sestertius I believe belongs to the similar time period. 🙂 Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Obv: Draped bust right, hair waved and fastened in chignon with a band of pearls low at back of head Rev: Juno, holding infant, standing left between two young girls. RIC III 1649; MIR 18,18-6a; Banti 75. CNG e-Auction, Nov 2022.
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    Nice Domitia coins! It is great to see the different Domitia coin designs. I only have one Domitia coin, and hope to add more in the near future. 🙂 Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum. Kornelios Dioskourides, magistrate. Obv: Draped bust right. Rev: Tetrastyle temple. RPC II 1290; SNG von Aulock 3846; BMC 188. Æ (20mm, 4.89g, 6h). London Ancient Coins. Dec 2021
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    I love coins with good portraits, and those with interesting mythic themes. Here are the 4 favorites in my collection: 1. Faustina Junior Aureus. I really like the young Faustina Junior portrait. 2. Syracuse Tetradrachm. Agathocles. A wonderful portrait of Kore on the obverse. 3. Hadrianopolis, Thrace. Geta AE. Herakles fighting Lernaean Hydra is a very cool mythic theme to me. 4. Gortyna, Crete Stater. Another great mythic theme on Europa.
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    Great addition, Donna. Thanks for sharing a coin with such unique reverse type. Never heard about Tellvs before. 🙂
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    Great addition, @robinjojo! I like your Starr II with a good portion of the crest. It is so nice to have such a collection of Starr II via V, plus the mass-produced Owl. Here is my Starr II, with just a minimal crest.
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    Thanks for your additional information, @Roman Collector. Great to learn more about the coin. 🙂
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    Thanks for your nice thread, @Prieure de Sion. It is an interesting read. I recently picked up a Nero / Agrippina Junior tetradrachm from Antioch. Photo is from CNG (as the coin still in the mail). 🙂 SELEUCIS and PIERIA, Antioch. Nero, with Agrippina Junior. AD 56-57 (CY 3). AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.30 g, 12h). Obv: Head of Nero right wearing oak wreath Rev: Draped bust of Agrippina Junior right; Γ EP (date) to right. McAlee 253; RPC I 4175; Prieur 74.
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    Great thread, and congrats to your addition, @Roman Collector. I agree that left-facing Faustina coins do not come up so often. I picked up this left-facing Faustina Senior earlier this year, even though it is over-cleaned and reverse very blurry. Well, I guess the most important thing is a recognizable Faustina portrait. 🙂 Faustina Senior. AE Sestertius, under Antoninus Pius. 141 AD. Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA. Veiled and draped bust of Diva Faustina I wearing stephane Rev: PIET-AS AVG, S C across field. Pietas standing facing left. 31mm, 24.94g.
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    I recently picked up a second Alexandrian tetradrachm. My first was a Nero/Poppaea, so this one with Agrippina Junior is a good "companion coin" to add. 🙂 Egypt, Alexandria. 58-59 AD. Obv: Laureate Head of Nero. Rev: Draped bust of Agrippina Junior. 24.2mm. 12.19g.
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    Nice addition, @expat. Here are the Trajan denarius, AE As, and sestertius in my collection.
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    Nice Fausta bronzes from various mints. I picked up one from Siscia. Fausta, Augusta, 325 AD. Follis. Siscia mint, Δ = 4th officina. Obv: FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG Bare-headed and draped bust of Fausta to right. Rev. SPES REIPVBLICAE / ΔSIS(wreath) Fausta standing left, holding two children in her arms. RIC 197 Bronze, 20 mm, 3.66 g, 6 h Nomos. Oct 2021
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    Great coins! I picked up this Geta denarius a few days ago. 🙂 Geta (as Caesar) 198-208, Silver Denarius Obv: Draped bust of Geta right "P SEPT GETA CAES PONT" Rev: Felicitas standing left holding a caduceus and cornucopiae "FELICITAS PVBLICA" RSC 38a. 18mm, 3.20g
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    I only have a single coin on Geta, and it has a quite interesting reverse design. THRACE. Hadrianopolis. Geta (209-211). AE Obv: AVT K Π CEΠTMIOC ΓETAC. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛITΩN. Herakles standing left, fighting Lernean Hydra which he grasps with his left hand, wielding club with right. Varbanov 3685. 28mm, 12.43 g. Numismatik Naumann. April 2022
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    Great writeup and coins, @Roman Collector. Thanks for the photos, video and description. 🙂 Faustina II's early hairstyle with young portrait is my all-time favorite. Here are a few I picked up and posted before.
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    Nice post! Reminds me that I am still on a lookout for a Nero denarius. Here are my provincial examples. Nero with Poppaea Nero with Agrippina
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    Here is one on a Faustina Junior AE As coin: Faustina Junior. Augusta. AD 170-175. AE As. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius. Obv: Draped bust right. Rev: Cybele seated right, hold drum on knee, between two lions. RIC III 1664 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 25-7c. CNG auction. October 2020. 24mm, 13.61g, 6h.
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    I agree that collecting coin pairs as a min-theme is fun, @Valentinian. Here is my Emperor-Empress pair. and, here is my mother-and-daughter coin pair.
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    I think Faustina Senior is a great lady, as she involved in charity and the education of the girls. Antoninus Pius established "Puellae Faustinianae", or the Girls of Faustina, in her memory.
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    Small super owls... and a big one... 🙂
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    Here is a cupid biga, and a coin with Eros. 🙂 Caracalla Æ 18mm of Hadrianopolis, Thrace. AD 198-217. Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ CΕΥ ΑΝΤΩΝEΙΝΟC, laureate head to right Rev: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Eros standing to right, resting on torch set on altar. Youroukova, Hadrianople 390; Varbanov 3526, CNT 5217; SNG Copenhagen 571. 3.25g, 18mm, 1h. ROMA 2021.
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    Nice additions, Donna. I really like your Hadrian snake biga with date placement variant. Very special. 🙂
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