NGC (F) Roman AR Denarius Faustina I AD 138 140/1 NGC Certified Fine Ancient

NGC (F) Roman Denarius of Faustina Sr. / Faustina I (AD 138 - 140/1). Faustina the Elder was of noble blood; Trajan was her great-great-great uncle.

Her marriage to Antoninus Pius helped legitimize his claim to the throne-one of many examples of Rome's matrilineal lines of succession. Their marriage was a happy one, especially by standards of royal families. When she died in 140 at the age of 40, the devastated Emperor ordered her deified; hence the inscription DIVA FAVSTINA on the coins made in her honor (diva means divine).

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