Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top. Reverse: AVGVSTA, Juno, standing right, holding sceptre and lowering left hand Date: 141 A.D., RIC 364 Size: 17mm diameter, 3.36g weight Composition: Silver
Empress Faustina (the Elder) was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius. She died of illness in 140 A.D. and was deified and honored with a series of coins. Their daughter, Faustina the Younger, later became Empress as the wife of Marcus Aurelius.
