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Faustina II (the Younger), Roman Empress (16 Feb c. 125-130 - 175)

Daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife (and cousin) of Marcus Aurelius, she was deified after death. Full Name: Annia Galeria Faustina. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-456?rskey=0SyU5q&result=5 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustina_the_Younger Relationships: Faustina II (the Younger) was a mother of Commodus (Aug 161-31 Dec 192)
Faustina II (the Younger) was a mother of Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla (07 Mar 150-182)
Faustina II (the Younger) was a wife of Marcus Aurelius (26 Apr 121-17 Mar 180)

Marcus Annius Verus Caesar (162/3-10 Sep 169) was a son of Faustina II (the Younger)
Antoninus Pius (19 Sep 86-07 Mar 161) was a father of Faustina II (the Younger)
Faustina [ambiguous] (-) was a same person as? (uncertain) Faustina II (the Younger)
Faustina I (the Elder) (21 Sep 100-Oct 140) was a mother of Faustina II (the Younger)
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Faustina II, wife of Aurelius. Standing Venus with an apple or a globe in her right hand, a staff in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The deified Faustina Augusta. Standing figure with a spear in her right hand, lifting up her stola with her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Faustina II. Seated figure with ears of corn in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Faustina II. Fecunditas. Standing figure with a spear in the right hand and a little boy in the left.
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (g) Cornelian with agate banding, oval flat; bust resembling Empress Faustina I in profile to left. L: 12mm. Broken. First half of 2nd cent. A.D.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
151 Head of Faustina junior the Wife of M. Antoninus. Daughter of Antoninus Pius and the Elder Faustina. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Reverse a Figure standing in her right Hand a Garland or chaplet in her left a staff. S.C. LAETITIA. Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
152 Head of Faustina &c FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL. Reverse The Emblem of Chastity. S.C. PVDICITIA. Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
153 Head of Faustina &c The same as the last Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
154 Head of Faustina &c FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Reverse I suppose a Priestess of Juno in her right Hand held out a Palm in her left a Staff. or perhaps Juno her self. her Peacock at her Feet. S.C. IVNO Casaubon
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 14 Coins of Faustina 1, M. Aurelius 3, Faustina jun. 1, Verus 1, Lucilla 1, Commodus 5, Crispina 1, vide N° 389., 403., 406., 413., 422, 423., 439., 442, 444, 445, 446., 449, 450, and 457 14
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 43 Mar. Aurelius 16, Faustina Aurel. 4, Verus 5, Lucilla 1, vide N° 402, 404, 405., 407 to 411, 414 to 417, 419 to 421, 426 to 429, 432 to 436, 441 27
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Faustina Marci.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Faustina Marci. 1.