- Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Empress Faustina Sr. at the Rome Mint.
- Faustina Jr. was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Mother-in-Law of Marcus Aurelius.
- Very appealing lustrous example with outstanding portrait.
- S-4584, RIC 362, RSC 104, 3.52g.
- Posthumous commemorative issued 151 to 157 CE by her devoted husband Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- Sear states that the posthumous issues without AVGVSTA were issued after 147 CE and most likely 151/2 and 156/7 CE to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her death and the dedication of her temple.
- Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.
- Reverse: AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left holding long torch and supporting fold of drapery with left hand.
- Certified by NGC to Ch AU Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5 extremely rare max subgrades.
- Ceres was the Roman Goddess of agriculture, fertility, grains, the harvest, motherhood, the earth, and cultivated crops
- An appropriate type for Faustina the mother of 4 children.
- 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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