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A new portrait type for Faustina the Younger

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2021

Martin Beckmann
Martin Beckmann*
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Department of Classics, McMaster University, Canada
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Abstract

This note identifies a new portrait type of Faustina the Younger, which appears on medallions and on a single aureus. On medallions the type appears in a single, closely die-linked group, indicating a synchronous emission. I suggest that this emission should be placed in a prominent gap in the (dated) medallion issues of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, which in turn dates this newly identified portrait of Faustina to 153/4 CE.

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MedallionsportraitureAntoninus PiusMarcus AureliusFaustina the Younger
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Journal of Roman Archaeology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , December 2021 , pp. 734 - 741
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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