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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Faustina Sr.| > RB92447
Faustina Sr., Augusta 25 February 138 - Early 141, Wife of Antoninus Pius
|Faustina| |Sr.|, |Faustina| |Sr.,| |Augusta| |25| |February| |138| |-| |Early| |141,| |Wife| |of| |Antoninus| |Pius|, Juno was the chief female divinity in the Roman pantheon. She was the wife of Jupiter and a member of the Capitoline Triad. She had many different aspects, such as Juno Moneta, Juno Sospita, and Juno Lucina, but here she is depicted as Juno Regina, "Juno the Queen." Juno is usually shown holding a patera, scepter or a statuette of Athena, and is often accompanied by a peacock.
RB92447. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III AP1143, BMCRE IV 1531, Hunter II 142, SRCV II 4629, Cohen II 210, F, well centered on a round flan, toned brassy surfaces, bumps and marks, Rome mint, weight 25.640g, maximum diameter 31.3mm, die axis 0o, posthumous, after 147 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse IVNO, Juno standing slightly left, veiled head left, patera in extended right hand, long scepter near vertical in left hand, S - C divided across lower half of field; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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