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Aureus - Faustina the Elder VENERI AVGVSTAE, Venus
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 138-139 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse lettering | FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P (Translation: Faustina Augusta Antonini Augusti, Patri Patriae. Faustina [the Elder] the venerable, [consort of] emperor (Augustus) Antoninus [Pius], father of the nation.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Faustina the Elder died in 140 or 141 AD, and Antoninus Pius — who had adopted the title Pius partly in recognition of his insistence on her posthumous deification — issued an enormous volume of coinage in her honor. This piece, however, dates to 138–139, meaning it was struck while Faustina was still alive, making it one of the rarer ante-mortem issues before the commemorative flood began after her death.
RIC III 333 is classified among the scarcer early Antonine aurei precisely because the posthumous series so thoroughly dominates surviving examples.