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Crispina
Augusta
AD 177 - 183

Silver AR Denarius
Rome mint: 180-182

Coins Catalog ID: 2008

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Sales Description
Obverse: CRISPINA AVGVSTA - Bare head bust right, draped
Reverse: VENVS FELIX - Venus seated left, holding Victory and scepter.
References: 
RIC, vol. III, p. 399, 288

Crispina - Bruttia Crispina. Wife of Commodus; Daughter-in-low of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior; Sister-in-low of Lucila.

Mints: Rome

Biography: Crispina became wife of Commodus, and apparently did like him very much, for he soon discovered or was lead to believe that she was having affairs, and had her exiled and executed. Her place was taken by a concubine, Marcia, who might have been a Christian.

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