A new portrait type for Faustina the Younger
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Published:2021-04-08
Issue:2
Volume:34
Page:734-741
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ISSN:1047-7594
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Container-title:Journal of Roman Archaeology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Roman Archaeol.
Abstract
AbstractThis 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.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Archeology,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,Archeology,Classics