Faustina I AR Denarius 146-161

AR Denarius AE3 AG

Country/Type: Roman

Denomination: AR Denarius

Empress: Annia Galeria Faustina (Faustina I)

Material/Fineness: Silver

Mint: Rome Mint

References: BMCRE IV [Pius] 1120; RIC III [Pius] 1081; Cohen II 282; SRCV II 4677

Obverse: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII PP, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right: the hair is elaborately waved and coiled with bands across the head, is drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top

Reverse: VENERI AVGVSTAE, Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding up apple in left; S C left and right, in field

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Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major (c. 100 – late October 140), was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign