- Choice Very Fine Posthumous commemorate Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck at the Rome Mint for Empress Faustina Junior after her death from 176 to 180 CE by a grieving husband Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
- RIC 745, RSC 73, approx. 18mm.
- Superb portrait style and detailed presentation of throne scepter and peacock.
- NGC Certified to Ch VF.
- Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust of empress right.
- Reverse: CONSECRATIO, throne against which rests transverse scepter and before a peacock standing right with wings open.
- The peacock was a symbol of immortality because the ancients believed that the peacock had flesh that did not decay after death. The peacock was the sacred bird of Juno, queen of the gods and symbolized divinization.
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