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Faustina Sr.
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - ROMAN EMPIRE (1st CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ROMAN EMPIRE Faustina Sr.,AD 138-140/1 |
| Item Description: |
AR Denarius ex Stack's (5/24/89), 278 posthumous issue |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5 |
| Owner: |
PAL Collection |
Owner Comments:
Faustina Senior (aka, Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder) was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor loved her so dearly he wrote of her, "I would rather live with her on Gyara (an island of exile) than without her in the palace in Rome." Sadly, Faustina Sr. died just two years into his 23 year reign. At his request, the Senate deified her and he minted a massive series of commemorative coins in her honor. This is one such coin.