- Very Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Empress Faustina Senior at the Rome Mint.
- RIC 353 (rated as Scarce), 3.44g.
- Posthumous consecration issue, issued 138-140/1 AD by her devoted husband Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- Certified by NGC to VF.
- Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.
- Reverse: AETERNITAS, scepter resting against throne, in front peacock facing right.
- The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State.
- In Roman mythology the peacock was a symbol of immortality because the ancients believed that the peacock had flesh that did not decay after death.
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