- Genuine Roman Empire bronze AE As coin.
- Posthumous consecration issue struck for Empress Faustina Senior at the Rome Mint by her devoted husband Emperor Antoninus Pius, 138-140/1 CE.
- RIC 1161, approx. 27mm, we grade as Very Good with nice surfaces and even wear.
- Certified by NGC to Genuine.
- Obverse: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.
- Reverse: AETERNITAS S C, Pietas standing left by altar.
- Pietas is a Goddess of duty, loyalty and piety.
- The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus.A deceased emperor held worthy of the honor could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living Emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial divi from which unpopular or unworthy predecessors were excluded.
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