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As - Faustina the Elder VENERI, Venus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 138-141 |
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| Value | As = 1⁄16 Denarius |
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| Obverse lettering | FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P (Translation: Faustina Augusta Antonini Augusti Pii, Patri Patriae. Faustina [the Elder] the venerable, [consort of] emperor (Augustus) Antoninus [Pius], father of the nation.) |
| Reverse description | Venus (Veneri) depicted standing and facing right, her drapery partially displaced as she draws up a fold of her robe over her right shoulder with one hand. In her other hand she holds an apple — the traditional attribute of Venus as goddess of love and beauty, alluding to the Judgement of Paris. The composition is rendered in a restrained classical style typical of Antonine-period bronze coinage. The abbreviated reverse legend appears in the field. |
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Faustina the Elder died in 140 or 141 AD, and Antoninus Pius — reportedly devastated — pushed the Senate for her deification with unusual urgency. She received the title Diva almost immediately, and this posthumous bronze coinage was struck in her honor as part of a sustained program of consecratio issues that continued well into Antoninus's reign. The Senate also voted a temple in her name on the Via Sacra, eventually rededicated to both her and Antoninus after his own death in 161 AD.