| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 203 | Silver | Auction date: 24 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 499 Price realized: 65 EUR (Approx. 71 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Faustina II AD 147-175. Rome Denarius AR 19 mm, 3,60 g FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / CERES, Ceres seated to left on cista, holding corn-ears and torch. Nearly Extremely Fine RIC III 669 (Aurelius); BMCRE 79 (Aurelius); RSC 35. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 187 | Silver | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 282 Price realized: 70 EUR (Approx. 75 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta AD 193-217. Rome Denarius AR 18 mm, 3,26 g IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, resting right hand on breast and left arm on chair. Very Fine BMC 74; Cohen 168; RIC 576. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 198 | Silver | Auction date: 25 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 234 Price realized: 80 EUR (Approx. 86 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Faustina II AD 147-175. Rome Denarius AR 19 mm, 3,50 g FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, drawing veil over face and raising skirt. Very Fine RIC III 507c (Pius); BMCRE -; RSC 177. Annia Galeria Faustina, known as Faustina the Younger was the wife of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Born to Emperor Antoninus Pius, she was initially engaged to Lucius Verus but later married Marcus Aurelius in AD 145. The couple had numerous children, although most did not survive. Faustina's fertility was celebrated on coins. During the Marcomannic Wars, she accompanied Marcus Aurelius and lived in Carnuntum, where rumors of her affairs circulated. She played a role in the trial against Herodes Atticus. Honored with the title "mater castrorum" in AD 174, she was reportedly involved in plans for her husband's succession. Faustina passed away during a journey to Cappadocia in AD 176 and was posthumously deified by the Senate. Marcus Aurelius' writings reflect his genuine grief over her death. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 187 | Silver | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 280 Price realized: 50 EUR (Approx. 54 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Julia Domna. Augusta AD 193-217. Rome Denarius AR 19 mm, 3,67 g IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / CERERI FRVGIF, Ceres seated to left, holding corn ears and torch. Good Very Fine RIC IV 546 (Severus); BMCRE 10 (Severus); RSC 14. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 198 | Silver | Auction date: 25 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 236 Price realized: 85 EUR (Approx. 92 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Faustina II AD 147-175. Rome Sestertius Æ 32 mm, 17,23 g FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / F[ECV]NDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, holding sceptre and infant; S-C across fields. Very Fine C. 100; Banti 59; BMCRE 905 (Aurelius); RIC 1638 (Aurelius). Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
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| Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 187 | Silver | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 263 Price realized: 65 EUR (Approx. 70 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina I AD 140-141. Rome Denarius AR 17 mm, 3,41 g DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AETERNITAS, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and veil blown out around her head. Very Fine RIC III 351 (Pius); BMCRE 373 (Pius); RSC 32. Diva Faustina, also known as Faustina the Elder or Faustina the Elder Augusta, was a Roman empress and the wife of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. She was born in AD 100, and she married Antoninus Pius before he became emperor. Her full name was Annia Galeria Faustina. Diva Faustina is remembered as a virtuous and influential empress. She was well-regarded and beloved by the Roman people during her husband's long and prosperous reign, which lasted from AD 138 to 161 AD. After her death on October AD 140, she was deified by the Senate, and she became known as "Diva Faustina" ("Diva" meaning "divine" or "deified"). Her deification was a common practice in Roman imperial cults, and it honored her as a revered figure after her passing. Diva Faustina's memory and legacy were also celebrated through various monuments, inscriptions, and coins during and after her lifetime. Many of these representations depicted her as a paragon of virtue and motherhood. Starting price: 50 EUR |  |
