Dupondius Faustina Junior - Fecunditas

FAUSTINA JUNIOR (under MARCUS AURELIUS). AE As. Rome, 161-164 AD. Obv. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Draped bust right, double band of pearls in hair Rev. FECVNDITAS SC Fecunditas staging right, holding scepter and and nude male child. Cohen 101 This type may allude to the birth of the last of Faustina II's many children ca. AD 163 (see the discussion by Hugh Preston in Celator, October 1999, pp. 40-41). [CNG] Superb lacquered light green patina. Paris coin fair, ex. LORIVAL, 23 Oct. 1999