Journal article
A new portrait type for Faustina the Younger
Abstract
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 …
Authors
Beckmann M
Journal
Journal of Roman Archaeology, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 734–741
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
December 2021
DOI
10.1017/s104775942100009x
ISSN
1047-7594