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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2665644, member: 76194&quot;]Here is a budget acquisition for me...as I&#039;m not looking to spend much after recent purchases. I&#039;d love to do a detailed account of the wife of Antoninus Pius, but there isn&#039;t that much to say about her except that she was a loving and dedicated wife, and mother to Faustina the Younger, future wife of Marcus Aurelius.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a decent denarius commemorating her after death. Nothing fancy, but I think the portrait style is nice and the price was cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]592300[/ATTACH]</p><p>Diva Faustina, Issue by A. Pius, after 147 AD</p><p>Silver Denarius, Rome Mint, 19mm, 3.23 grams</p><p>Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust of Faustina right.</p><p>Reverse: AVGVSTA, Vesta standing left holding simpulum and palladium.</p><p>RIC368</p><p><br /></p><p>And thanks to [USER=76086]@Ken Dorney[/USER] who always has nice decent budget Roman silver at his vcoins store for those looking for something nice on a modest budget.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Feel free to post your Faustina the Elder coins.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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