CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- Faustina I the Elder, struck under Antoninus Pius
- Denomination:
- AR Denarius
- Composition:
- Silver
- Date:
- 141-161 AD
- Obverse:
- DIVA FAVSTINA, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled, with bands across the head, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top
- Reverse:
- CONSECR-ATIO, Peacock, standing front, head left, with tail spread
- Reference:
- BMCRE IV [Pius] 475 (cf. 476 for reverse legend arrangement); RIC III 384; Cohen II 174-175; RSC II 175; SRCV II 4594
- Size:
- 19.30mm, 3.1g, 5h
- Province:
- Rome
- Grade:
- Choice aEF, well struck, strike flow lines, striking cracks, filled obverse die in parts of legend , well centred, high relief, lightly toned, lustrous surfaces, light scratches on reverse
- Provenance:
- ex H.D. Rauch eAuction 24 (29 September 2017), Lot 219
Faustina I the elder was born circa 100 AD and died in 140 AD. She was the wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, one of the Five Good Emperors. This denarius was part of a third issue of coinage in her honour after her death and is likely to have been minted some time between the end of the second issue (141 AD) and the end of Antonius Pius's reign as Roman Emperor, most likely toward the end of that reign. A more precise dating is not currently known. The coinage bears the legend DIVA FAVSTINA, not DIVA AVGVSTA, as the title of Augusta had passed onto her daughter, Faustina II the Younger. The reverse legend, CONSECRATIO refers to the consecration of Faustina; the peacock of Juno symbolises her ascension into heaven and into divinity.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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