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Faustina Junior
as Augusta under Marcus Aurelius
AD 161 - 176

Silver AR Denarius
Rome mint AD 161-175

Coins Catalog ID: 2033

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Sales Description
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA - Draped bust right
Reverse: VENVS - Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter
References: 
RIC, vol. III, p. 272, 728
Cohen 249

Faustina Junior - Annia Galeria Faustina. Daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior; Wife of Marcus Aurelius; Mother of Commodus, Lucilla, Annius Verus and Aurelius Antoninus.

Mints: Rome

Biography: Faustina the Younger was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder. She became wife of Marcus Aurelius and bore him fourteen children, of whom the only surviving boy was the future emperor Commodus. She followed her husband from one military camp to another and earned the nickname 'Mother of the Camps.' She died in 175 in a village in Cappadocia, now eastern Turkey, which was renamed in her honor. Rumors run wildly about her alleged infidelity but there appears to have been little substance in them. She was much loved and respected by her husband, who had her deified just like her mother, even though the Senate hesitated, on account of the adultery rumors.

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