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Contributor: Mark Reid.
Issuer:
FAUSTINA SENIOR
, wife of Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. AR Denarius.
Obverse:
DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped head right.
Reverse:
AVGVSTA, Vesta, veiled, standing left, sacrificing with patera over lighted altar and holding palladium.
Reference:
RIC 370. Grade: aXF.
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
.