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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 5629033, member: 75937&quot;]Here are three coins issued for the dedication of the temple to Diva Faustina in AD 143.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-1-24_4-45-21-png.1057182/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.44 g, 18.7 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: DEDICATIO AEDIS, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC 388; BMCRE 306; Cohen 191; Strack 426; RCV 4596; UCR 434; CRE 127.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-temple-denarius-jpg.1057185/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.55 g, 17.4 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVG, hexastyle temple on stepped podium, above, a quadriga, Victories as acroteria.</p><p>Refs: RIC 396; BMCRE 319-21; Cohen 253; Strack 432; RCV 4599; UCR 435; CRE 129.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-aed-div-favstinae-denarius-jpg.815887/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.27 g, 17.5 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome under Antoninus Pius, AD 150.</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple on podium; statues to right and left and seated figure of Faustina in center; statues of Victory at corners of pediment.</p><p>Refs: RIC 343; BMCRE 341; Cohen 1; RCV 4573; CRE 126.</p><p><br /></p><p>The building still survives in the Roman Forum, enclosing the church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/temple-of-divus-antoninus-and-diva-faustina-jpg.641942/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Temple still in existence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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