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Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D.
| The Temple of Antoninus and Faustina is an ancient Roman temple in Rome, adapted as a Roman Catholic church, Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda. It is in the Forum Romanum, on the Via Sacra, opposite the Regia. The temple was begun by Antoninus Pius in 141 and was initially dedicated to his deceased and deified wife, Faustina the Elder. When Antoninus Pius was deified after his death in 161 A.D., the temple was re-dedicated jointly to Antoninus and Faustina at the instigation of his successor, Marcus Aurelius. The ten monolithic Corinthian columns of its pronaos are 17 metres high. The rich bas-reliefs of the frieze under the cornice, of garlanded griffons and candelabri, were often copied from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. |  |
RB92439. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 605(a), Hunter II 204, BMCRE IV 1243, SRCV II 4177, Cohen II 400, aVF, uneven strike, parts of legends weak, head of Genius weak, porous, reverse a little off center, Rome mint, weight 23.730g, maximum diameter 32.1mm, die axis 180o, 140 - 144 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right; reverse GENIO SENATVS, Genius of the Senate standing facing, head left, branch in right hand, scepter in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across lower half of field; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD
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