FAUSTINA II Marcus Aurelius wife PERINTHUS Thrace Isis Pharia Roman Coin i45379

Item: i45379

 Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Faustina II
–
Roman Empress
& Wife of
Emperor

Marcus Aurelius
–
161-175 A.D. –
Bronze 24mm (6.52 grams) of

Perinthus
in
Thrace

Reference: Varbanov -; Moushmov -; Schönert-Geiss
-; Mionnet -. RPC IV online temp 10709
ΦAVCTЄINA CEBACTH,
Draped bust right.
 ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ,

Isis

Pharia standing right with a billowing
sail in her hands.

* Numismatic Note: This depiction of Isis Pharia is only seen on ancient
coins of

Alexandria

in Egypt. Isis Pharia was the patron deity of the Pharos of Alexandria,
better known as the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the
wonders of the ancient world. Super rare coin.

You

Authenticity.

Isis
or in original
more likely Aset was a goddess in
Ancient Egyptian

religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the
Greco-Roman world
. She
was worshiped as the ideal mother and wife as well as
the matron of nature and magic. She was the friend of
slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as
listening to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens,
aristocrats and rulers. Isis is the Goddess of
motherhood
,
magic
and
fertility
.

The goddess Isis (the mother of
Horus
) was the first
daughter of
Geb
, god of the Earth,
and
Nut
, the goddess of the
Overarching Sky, and was born on the fourth
intercalary day
. At
some time Isis and
Hathor
had the same
headdress. In later myths about Isis, she had a brother,
Osiris
, who became her
husband, and she then was said to have conceived
Horus
. Isis was
instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was
murdered by
Set
. Her magical skills
restored his body to life after she gathered the body
parts that had been strewn about the earth by Set. This
myth became very important in later Egyptian religious
beliefs.

Isis nursing Horus, wearing the headdress of Hathor

Isis is also known as the goddess of
simplicity
, protector
of the dead and goddess of children from whom all
beginnings arose. In later myths, the Ancient
Egyptians
believed that
the
Nile River
flooded
every year because of her tears of sorrow for her dead
husband, Osiris. This occurrence of his death and
rebirth was relived each year through rituals. The
worship of Isis eventually spread throughout the
Greco-Roman world, continuing until the suppression of
paganism
in the
Christian era.

Marmara Ereğlisi is a town and district of
Tekirdağ Province
in
the
Marmara
region of
Turkey
. The mayor is
İbrahim Uyan (CHP).
Ereğli is 30 km east of the town of
Tekirdağ
, and 90 km
west of
Istanbul
near a small
pointed headland on the north shore of the
Marmara Sea
. It is
called Marmara Ereğlisi (or Marmara Ereğli in
colloquial usage) to distinguish it from the two other
large towns in Turkey with the name Ereğli (deriving
from the
Greek
name
Heraclea
), one in
Konya Province
(Konya
Ereğlisi), the other on the
Black Sea
coast (Karadeniz
Ereğli).

An
ancient Greek
colony of
the island of
Samos
was founded here
in 600 BC. The area was known in Ancient Greek as
Perinthos (Πέρινθος) later called Heraclea (Ἡράκλεια),
It is said to have been a
Samian
colony, founded
about
599 BC
. According to
John Tzetzes
, its
original name was Mygdonia; later it was called Heraclea
(Heraclea Thraciae, Heraclea Perinthus).
It is famous chiefly for its stubborn and successful
resistance to
Philip II of Macedon
in
340 BC
; at that time it
seems to have been more important than
Byzantium
itself.
Christian virgin
Saint Glyceria
suffered
her martyrdom at Heraclea (modern Marmara Ereğli) in the
year
177
.

Annia

Galeria Faustina Minor (Minor Latin for

the younger), Faustina Minor or Faustina

the Younger

(February

16 between 125 and 130-175) 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

. Though Roman sources give a

generally negative view of her character, she was held

in high esteem by soldiers and her own husband and was

given divine honours after her death.

//

 Biography

Faustina, named after her mother, was

her parents’ fourth and youngest child and their second

daughter; she was also their only child to survive to

adulthood. She was born and raised in

Romee

.

Her great uncle, the Emperor

Hadrian

, had arranged with her father for Faustina

to marry

Lucius Verus

. On February 25, 138, she and Verus

were betrothed.

Verus’ father

was Hadrian’s first adopted son and

his intended heir. However when Verus’ father died,

Hadrian chose Faustina’s father to be his second adopted

son, and eventually, he became Hadrian’s successor.

Faustina’s father ended the engagement between his

daughter and Verus and arranged for Faustina’s betrothal

to her maternal cousin,

Marcus Aurelius

; Aurelius was also adopted by her

father. On May 13, 145, Faustina and Marcus Aurelius

were married. When her father died on March 7, 161, her

husband and Lucius Verus succeeded to her father’s

throne and became co-rulers. Faustina was given the

title of

and became Empress.

Unfortunately, not much has survived

from the Roman sources regarding Faustina’s life, but

what is available does not give a good report.

Cassius Dio

and the

accuse Faustina of ordering

deaths by poison and execution; she has also been

accused of instigating the revolt of

Avidius Cassius

against her husband. 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. Her husband

trusted her and defended her vigorously against

detractors.

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.

Between 170-174, she was in the north, and in 175, she

accompanied Aurelius to the east. However, these

experiences took their toll on Faustina, who died in the

winter of 175, after an accident, at the military camp

in Halala (a city in the

Taurus Mountains

in

Cappadocia

).

Aurelius grieved much for his wife

and buried her in the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome. She

was deified: her statue was placed in the Temple of

Venus in Rome and a temple was dedicated to her in her

honor. Halala’s name was changed to Faustinopolis

and Aurelius opened charity schools for orphan girls

called Puellae Faustinianae or ‘Girls of

Faustina’.^[1]

The Baths of Faustina in

Miletus

are named after her.

In their thirty years of marriage,

Faustina bore Marcus Aurelius thirteen children:

1. Annia Aurelia Galeria Faustina

   (147-after 165)

2. Gemellus Lucillae (died around

   150), twin brother of Lucilla

3. Annia Aurelia Galeria

   Lucilla

   (148/50-182), twin sister of Gemellus,

   married her father’s co-ruler

   Lucius Verus

4. Titus Aelius Antoninus (born

   after 150, died before 7 March 161)

5. Titus Aelius Aurelius (born after

   150, died before 7 March 161)

6. Hadrianus (152-157)

7. Domitia Faustina (born after 150,

   died before 7 March 161)

8. Fadilla

   (159-after 211)

9. Annia Cornificia Faustina Minor

   (160-after 211)

10. Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus

    (161-165), twin brother of Commodus

11. Commodus

    (161-192), twin brother of Titus

    Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus, later emperor

12. Marcus Annius Verus Caesar

    (162-169)

13. Vibia Aurelia Sabina (170-died before 217)