Faustina Senior
Empress 138-140 AD
Wife of Antoninus Pius
Died 140 AD
Faustina Senior was the wife of Antoninus Pius. They were married before his accession in 110 AD. Faustina was the daughter of the Consul Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilla Faustina. She was born in Rome prior to the reign of Trajan.
Faustina bore four children, two sons and two daughters. Her two sons, Marcus Galerius and Marcus Aurelius Fulvius, died prior to their father’s accession to the throne. Her eldest daughter, Aurelia Fadilla, was married to Lamia Syllanus, but she had also died prior to 138 AD. Her only surviving daughter, Annia Galeria Faustina (Junior), married the future emperor Marcus Aurelius.
Monetary System
Mints: Rome
Obverse Legions:
FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P
DIVA FAVSTINA
DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA
DENOMINATIONS
Lifetime Coinage
AU Aureus (6.54 grams)
AR Denarius (3.54 grams)
AR Quinarius
AE Sesterius
AE As
The Posthumus Coinage of Faustina
DENOMINATIONS
AU Aureus (6.54 grams)
AU Quninarius
AR Denarius (3.54 grams)
AR Quinarius
AE Sesterius
AE Dupondius
AE As
NOTE:The postumous coinage of Faustina is perhaps the most extensive within the entire roman series insofar as types and varieties are concern. It is rivaled only by the postumous issues of her daughter and Augustus.
