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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AR Denarius.
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust of Faustina to the right.
Reverse: AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing left holding phoenix and raising skirt with left hand.
Reference: RIC 347. Grade :EF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Antoninus Pius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on both Faustinas see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.