Faustina the Younger

[expat]

A new coin for me, my first Faustina. For less than 40Euros including postage I couldn´t resist. I am sure someone can tell me hairstyle type.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Orichalcum Dupondius
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6.
Obv. FAUSTINA AUGUSTA. Draped bust right. Hair curls down cheek, hair in low chignon fastened with band of pearls.
Rev. JUNO standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head right. SC across fields.
 (25mm, 11.53 g.) RIC III 1647 (Aurelius)

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[ambr0zie]

That's not a bad coin at all. 40 euros including shipping is very, very decent. 

I do not have any imperial Faustina II coins in bronze but here is a similar design denarius 

[robinjojo]

Yes, that's a very nice coin for the price!

I picked up this sestertius as part of a group lot from an eBay seller based in France a few years ago.  It does have rough surfaces and just enough detail on the reverse to attribute it to Juno.

Faustina II, sestertius, Rome, 161-176 AD.

RIC 1685  

20.6 grams

[John Conduitt]

Faustina II must be the most popular Roman, judging by the likes I get for posting my only coin of her compared to everything else.

Faustina II Denarius, 145-161

Rome. Silver, 18mm, 2.68g. Bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, right; FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and rudder set on dove, in left; VENVS (RIC III, Antoninus Pius 515A (denarius)). Found Rossington, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Portable Antiquities Scheme: SWYOR-D8E6A8.

[Roman Collector]

7 hours ago, expat said:

A new coin for me, my first Faustina. For less than 40Euros including postage I couldn´t resist. I am sure someone can tell me hairstyle type.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Orichalcum Dupondius
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 170-175/6.
Obv. FAUSTINA AUGUSTA. Draped bust right. Hair curls down cheek, hair in low chignon fastened with band of pearls.
Rev. JUNO standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head right. SC across fields.
 (25mm, 11.53 g.) RIC III 1647 (Aurelius)

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That's a lovely dupondius! About a year and a half ago, I wrote an installment of Faustina Friday about this issue. I too have a medium bronze of this issue. It is most commonly encountered featuring the Beckmann Type 7 bust, which is what yours and mine are.  Mine has been weakly struck on the obverse and the details of the empress's hair do not fill the die completely.

Faustina Jr, 147-175 CE.
Roman Æ as or dupondius, 12.76 g, 24.7 mm, 6 h.
Rome, 166-170 CE.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina II, right, Beckmann type 7 hairstyle, double strand of pearls in hair.
Rev: IVNO, Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left hand; at left, peacock.
Refs: RIC 1647; BMCRE 983-84; Cohen 123; RCV 5297.

 

[Salomons Cat]

14 hours ago, expat said:

Post your Faustina or Juno´s

Ok! 🙂

Faustina Jr. (lived 130-176 AD), Denarius, probably struck between 148-152 AD. I like this coin because it shows Faustina II at a very young age. 
Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Draped bust right.
Rev: VENVS. Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder.
Faustina has no hair accessories around head, so this here should be RIC 517a (otherwise it would be 517b oder 517c).

Faustina Jr., Denarius, struck 161 AD.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Bare-headed, draped bust right. 
Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT. Infants (Commodus and Antoninus) seated on ornamented and draped throne vis-à-vis, each raising hand over globe between.

The last coin was attributed by the vendor as RIC II 712 var., MIR 18 27-4a var., BMCRE 139 var., RSC 191 var. I must admit that I don't understand why it isn't just RIC 711

Edited July 28, 2023 by Salomons Cat