ROMAN EMPIRE. Faustina I, Sestertius 141-161 AD Rome DIVA FAVSTINA.

20.76 Grams/3.2 cm

Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I (born on February 16 around 100;died in October or November of 140), was a Roman empress and wife of Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign