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Posted 07/25/2008 9:52 pm
The oldest identifiable, named, human woman (as opposed to a goddess or personification) I have in my collection is this silver denarius of Empress Faustina I, wife of emperor Antoninus Pius and niece of emperor Hadrian. She died in 141 AD, and this coin was struck sometime around 147 AD in memory of her. The reverse shows Aeternitas (Eternity), a personification or minor goddess, so this is an all-female coin.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
