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Faustina Junior, Augusta 146 - Winter 175/176 A.D., Wife of Marcus Aurelius
Coins portraying Fecunditas usually advertise a birth in the imperial family. A naked child means it was a boy, female babies are depicted clothed. In their thirty years of marriage, Faustina bore Marcus Aurelius thirteen children. This coin was struck to announce the birth of Cornificia in 160 and depicts Faustina's four living children at that time (five had died, four more would be born later). The two children her arms are Fadilla (159 - 192) and Cornificia (160 - 212), the children standing at her feet are Galeria (147 - 165) and Lucilla (150 - 182). This coin must have struck before the twins Commodus and Antoninus were born 31 August 161.RB82799. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III p. 345, MA1635; Cohen III 96; BMCRE IV p. 530, MA902; Hunter II p. 355, MA33; MIR 18 10-6a; SRCV II 5273, F, well centered, brown patina, porosity, light corrosion, edge crack, Rome mint, weight 20.537g, maximum diameter 31.7mm, die axis 0o, late 160 - 31 Aug 161 A.D.; obverse FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right; reverse FECVND AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas standing left, cradling an infant in each arm (Fadilla and Cornificia), flanked by two girls (Galeria and Lucilla) standing at her feet; SOLD
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