TYPE Roman Empire, Faustina Senior (wife of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD), bronze as, 10.08g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Bust of Faustina to right, legend: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII PP
Rev: Juno standing l., w/ patera and long staff, peacock at feet, legend: IVNONI REGINAE SC
REFERENCE: VM 29, Coh 217
GRADING: AVF / F+, black patina, some obv. roughness and highlights
ORDER INFO: R1546, $32
Despite some surface problems, still an attractive as of Faustina, here with a reverse featuring Juno Regina, accompanied with a peacock, as a patroness of childbirth. The "adoptive emperors'" dynasty was indeed perpetuated through her daughter of the same name, Faustina Junior, later wife of emperor Marcus Aurelius.