FAUSTINA SENIOR

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR. Posthumous Commemorative AR Denarius of Rome. Struck A.D.141- 142 soon after her death, under Antoninus Pius. Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA. Draped bust of Faustina, hair waved and coiled on top of her head, facing right. Reverse: AVGVSTA. Vesta standing facing left, holding palladium and sacrificing out of patera over garlanded altar. RIC III : 370.