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Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AR Denarius, Throne, Lifetime Issue, struck 139-140 AD

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Information: Issued during Faustina's lifetime
Origin: Rome mint
Authority: Faustina I the Elder, lifetime issue
Denomination: AR Denarius
Composition: Silver
Date: 139-140 AD
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, 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: IVNONI REGINAE, Throne, ornamented and draped; in front, and below, peacock standing right, with tail spread: leaning against throne on left, transverse sceptre
Size: 18.53mm, 3.1g, 6h
Grade: gVF, unusual portrait, ragged flan, toned
Rarity: scarce
Rarity Details: lifetime issues of Faustina I are much scarcer than the voluminous posthumous issues
Provenance: From the Steve P Collection, Ex Dionysus Coins (eBay, November 2017); From the Demetrios Armounta Collection, Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 328 (11 June 2014), Lot 525; VAuctions 223 (5 March 2009), Lot 97
References: BMCRE IV [Pius] 139-142; RIC III [Pius] 339a; Cohen II 219; RSC II 219; SRCV II 4670
General: 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. She died prematurely and was honoured by her late husband by a series of posthumous coinage issues. Most coins of Faustina belong to the posthumous issues. This sestertius however was issued during her lifetime.
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Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AR Denarius, Peacock, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD
Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AR Denarius, Vesta, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD