#16) Bronze As of Faustina II, a.k.a. Faustina Jr., A.D. 146-174/5
Rome mint, A.D. 145-146
RIC (Antoninus Pius) 1391
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA.
Reverse: AVGVSTI PII FIL - Salus, seated, facing left, holding scepter and feeding snake, coiled around altar, from patera.
SC in exergue.
25 mm, 11.2 g.
$50

Faustina II

Annia Galeria Faustina, Jr. was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and the wife of Marcus Aurelius (and the mother of Commodus; two out of three isn’t bad). Despite many rumors alledging adulterous affairs and murder, she often accompanied her husband on his military campaigns, and they appeared to be close. 

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