Annia Galeria Faustina Minor was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Not much has survived about her life, but the Augustan History mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted.
Faustina accompanied her husband on various military campaigns and enjoyed the love and reverence of Roman soldiers. Aurelius gave her the title of Mater Castrorum or ‘Mother of the Camp’. She attempted to make her home out of an army camp. Between 170–175, she was in the north, and in 175, she accompanied Aurelius to the east.
Not much has survived about her life, but the Augustan History mentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted.
Faustina accompanied her husband on various military campaigns and enjoyed the love and reverence of Roman soldiers. Aurelius gave her the title of Mater Castrorum or ‘Mother of the Camp’. She attempted to make her home out of an army camp. Between 170–175, she was in the north, and in 175, she accompanied Aurelius to the east.
Epithet: Minor ("the Younger")
(1)
Faustina II
161-180 AD
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Obverse:
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bare-headed, draped bust right
Reverse:
IVNONI REGINAE, Juno seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet a peacock
(2)
Faustina II
161-176 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; ΦAVCTEINA__CEBACTH
Reverse:
veiled Demeter standing half left, holding torch in each hand; ΦIΛIΠΠO_Π_OΛEITΩN
(3)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; ΦAYCTEI_NA CEBACTH
Reverse:
Hera standing left holding patera and scepter; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
(4)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; ΦAYCTEINA__CEBACTH
Reverse:
Hera standing left holding patera and scepter; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
(5)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; ΦAYCTEI_NA CEBACTH
Reverse:
Demeter seated left, holding corn ears and torch; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
(6)
Faustina II
Obverse:
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse:
FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, restig on sceptre, holding a child
(7)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Faustina facing right, wearing drapery
Reverse:
SAECVLI FELICIT, Two children seated on throne, SC in fields
(8)
Faustina II
161-164 AD
Obverse:
diademed and draped bust right; FAVSTINA__AVGVSTA
Reverse:
Juno standing left, holding patera and long scepter, peacock left at her feet; IVNONI__REGINAE / S__C
(9)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
diademed and draped bust right; FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse:
Faustina II facing, holding 2 children, 2 children at her feet; FECVND__AVGVSTAE / S C
(10)
Faustina II
147-150 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; FAVSTINAE AVG__PII AVG FIL
Reverse:
Pudicitia seated left, pulling veil and holding scepter; PVDIC_ITIA / S C
(11)
Faustina II
161-175 AD
Obverse:
draped bust right; FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse:
Venus standing left holding apple and scepter; VE_NVS
(12)
Faustina II
AD 147-176
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Obverse:
FAUSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right
Reverse:
VENVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder
(13)
Faustina II
c. 145-161 AD
Obverse:
Faustina II facing right, text (FAVSTINA•AVGVSTA)
Reverse:
Venus standing left, holding victory in right hand, left hand resting on shield atop a helmet, text (AVGVSTI•PII•FIL)