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

Posthumous hybrid with reverse of Antoninus Pius. AD 140-145. DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair draped with pearls. / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and sceptre. Reverse of Ant. Pius 61. Paris 5430; Gauthier-Dussart 1757

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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