Gold Aureus of Faustina I Issued Posthumously, 141 CE - 161 CE
Gold
7.3g
LC.290
                                    
                                   Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina the Elder, facing right, her hair secured with pearl hair-piece. 'DIVA FAVSTINA.' Reverse: The Empress as Fortuna, standing left, holding a patera in her right...
                        
                    
                                                    Obverse: Draped bust of Faustina the Elder, facing right, her hair secured with pearl hair-piece. 'DIVA FAVSTINA.' 
Reverse: The Empress as Fortuna, standing left, holding a patera in her right hand and a long sceptre in the left. 'AETER-NITAS.'
Faustina I was married to the Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ordered her deification after her death in 141 AD.
                    
                Reverse: The Empress as Fortuna, standing left, holding a patera in her right hand and a long sceptre in the left. 'AETER-NITAS.'
Faustina I was married to the Emperor Antoninus Pius, who ordered her deification after her death in 141 AD.