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.
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Reverse: IVNONI REGINAE, Juno seated left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet a peacock
Die Orientation: -
Weight: -
Reverse: veiled Demeter standing half left, holding torch in each hand; ΦIΛIΠΠO_Π_OΛEITΩN
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 9.6 g
Reverse: Hera standing left holding patera and scepter; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
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Weight: 7.77 g
Reverse: Hera standing left holding patera and scepter; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.1 g
Reverse: Demeter seated left, holding corn ears and torch; OYΛΠIAC ΠA_YTAΛIAC
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.31 g
Reverse: FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, restig on sceptre, holding a child
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 28 g
Reverse: SAECVLI FELICIT, Two children seated on throne, SC in fields
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 11.31 g
Reverse: Juno standing left, holding patera and long scepter, peacock left at her feet; IVNONI__REGINAE / S__C
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 23.6 g
Reverse: Faustina II facing, holding 2 children, 2 children at her feet; FECVND__AVGVSTAE / S C
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 8.58 g
Reverse: Pudicitia seated left, pulling veil and holding scepter; PVDIC_ITIA / S C
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 13.6 g
Reverse: Venus standing left holding apple and scepter; VE_NVS
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 3.1 g
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Reverse: VENVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 3.28 g
Reverse: Venus standing left, holding victory in right hand, left hand resting on shield atop a helmet, text (AVGVSTI•PII•FIL)
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Weight: -
Reverse: Athena standing half left holding branch and spear; CEΛ__EVK__ABIΛA ϚKC
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 7.3 g
Reverse: Legend: SALVTI AVGVSTAE S C Type: Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.8 g
Reverse: Legend: DIANA LVCIF S C Type: Diana, draped, standing front, head left, holding transverse lighted torch in both hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 27.7 g
Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE S C, Fecunditas, draped, standing left, between two children and holding two infants in her arms
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 13.44 g
Reverse: CONSECRATIO S C - Funeral pyre in tiers, draped, surrmounted by statue of Faustina in biga
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: MATRI CASTRORVM S C - Faustina, draped, seated left, holding globe surmounted by phoenix in extended right hand and holding scepter in left hand; before her, three standards
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
"Faustina was awarded the title of 'Mater Castrorum' (Mother of the camps) in AD 174 in recognition of her compassion for the soldiers in sharing the hardships of military life on active campaign." Sear II, page 346.
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Reverse: CONSECRATIO, peacock standing right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.99 g
Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15; Lot 1833
Reverse: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C - Venus, standing left, holding Victory and leaning on shield, set on helmet
Die Orientation: 0 H
Weight: 0 g
Reverse: HILARITAS - Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopiae.
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.41 g
Reverse: IVNONI REGINAE: Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and scepter in left hand; at left, peacock
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
CNG seems confident in a tighter date range than RIC which puts it at 161-176 AD.
Reverse: LAETITIA S C: Laetitia, draped, standing front, head left, holding wreath in right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 25.15 g
ex. NGC XF 5/5 Strike 2/5 Surfaces, Smoothing RIC suggests 161-176 AD, CNG believes a tighter range of 161-164 AD.
Reverse: MATRI MAGNAE: Cybele, towered, draped, seated left on throne, holding branch and resting left elbow on drum; behind, lion
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.05 g
Reverse: HILARITAS: Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.29 g
Some auction houses list a tighter date range of 161-164 AD, 161-176 comes from RIC.
Reverse: LAETITIA: Laetitia, draped, standing right, holding wreath in right hand and sceptre in left hand
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.02 g
Reverse: SAECVLI FELICIT: Pulvinar, draped, on which are infants Commodus and Antoninus
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.06 g
Some auction houses suggest a tighter date range of 161-165 AD