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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |The Adoptive Emperors| ▸ |Faustina Sr.||View Options:   | | | Faustina I was the wife of Antoninus Pius. Little is known of her, except that she was regarded as vain and frivolous, though this may have just been malicious gossip. Antoninus Pius loved her greatly and, upon her death in 141 A.D., she was deified and a temple was built in her honor. |
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.RS112663. Silver denarius, RIC III AP351, RSC II 32, BMCRE IV AP373, SRCV II 4578, VF, nice portrait, near centered on a tight flan, toned, ragged flan with edge splits, weight 2.986 g, maximum diameter 18.1 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, posthumous, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse AETERNITAS, Providentia standing slightly left, head left, globe in extended right hand, holding veil blown out behind head in left hand; from the Collection of Dr. Jüregen Buschek;
Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius
Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.RS112532. Silver denarius, RIC III AP351a, RSC II 32, BMCRE IV AP373, SRCV II 4578, Hunter II 23, VF, radiating flow lines, toned, small edge cracks, scratch, weight 3.288 g, maximum diameter 18.2 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, posthumous, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse AETERNITAS, Providentia standing slightly left, head left, globe in extended right hand, holding veil blown out behind head in left hand; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 129 (4 Jun 2023), lot 997 (part of);
Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius
Juno was the chief female divinity in the Roman pantheon. She was the wife of Jupiter and a member of the Capitoline Triad. She had many different aspects, such as Juno Moneta, Juno Sospita, and Juno Lucina, but here she is depicted as Juno Regina, "Juno the Queen." Juno is usually shown holding a patera, scepter or a statuette of Athena, and is often accompanied by a peacock.RS112538. Silver denarius, RIC III AP338; RSC II 215; BMCRE IV p. 23, AP137; Hunter II p. 249, 4; SRCV II 4669, aVF, centered, nice portrait, toned, flow lines, light deposits, light marks, tiny edge cracks, weight 2.995 g, maximum diameter 18.8 mm, die axis 180o, Rome mint, c. 141 A.D.; obverse FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing slightly left, head left, veiled, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand; peacock at feet on left, standing left with head turned up right; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 129 (4 Jun 2023), lot 997 (part of);
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