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Contributor: Teresa Darling.
Issuer: FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AR Denarius.
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA. Her draped bust to the right.
Reverse: AETERNITAS. Aeternitas standing to the left, holding globe and sceptre.
Reference: RIC 350 var?; Van Meter 4/4. 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.