VIBIA CAIUS VIBIUS caii filius Circa 89-88 BC (3.93 g)
Obv: PANSA behind laureate head of Apollo right.
Rev: Minerva holding sceptre and reins in quadriga galloping right; C.VIBIUS CF in exergue.
Sydenham 684 ...
90 BC. Vibia 9. C. Vibius C. F. Pansa (Cr 342/2)
superb style and nearly full silvering
Pan head right, PANSA below
/bearded Silenus head right, C VIBIVS C F below (off flan) ...
Sabina (Vibia Sabina) - Wife of Hadrian. Died in 136.
Faustina I (Annia Galeria Faustina) - Wife of Antoninus Pius. c.98-141
Faustina II (Annia Galeria Faustina) - Wife of Marcus Aurelius. 127-176 ...
-On one silver coin of the Vibia family she stands as Minerva the Vanquisher, with victory and spear; on another her bust is represented, and on a third she stands in a quadriga.
PANSA below/Jupiter Axurus seated left, RSC Vibia 18, Syd. 947a, Craw. 449/1a. Slightly offcenter on slightly oval flan, top of head partly off obv., ref. strike slightly weak, nice portrait of Pan, Very Fine....$135 Photo ...
Comparatively large issues were made in the name of Hadrian's wife, Vibia Sabina, the first empress to be so extensively commemorated on the Roman coinage.
 See also: Crown, Silver, Coin, Struck, Legend
  
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