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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2777849, member: 75937&quot;]I have a thing for Antonine women and I am always trying to expand my collection of them. This is my latest acquisition. Feel free to post your Faustina Senior coins, coins with temples, or whatever you feel is relevant.</p><p><br /></p><p>The construction of the temple to Diva Faustina, which was later rededicated to Divus Antoninus and Diva Faustina, began in the year following the empress&#039;s death in AD 141. It was probably completed about AD 150, which is the date assigned to this issue in Hill, <i>The Monuments of Ancient Rome as Coin Types</i>, pp. 11-13. The shell of the building still survives in the Roman Forum, enclosing the church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda. You may see photos and read about it <a href="https://followinghadrian.com/2014/03/07/photoset-the-temple-of-antoninus-and-faustina-rome/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://followinghadrian.com/2014/03/07/photoset-the-temple-of-antoninus-and-faustina-rome/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641933[/ATTACH] </p><p>Faustina Senior, Augusta AD 138-141</p><p>Roman AR denarius; 3.27 g, 18 mm, 6:00</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 339; Cohen 1; RCV 4573</p><p>(seller&#039;s photo)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what remains of this temple:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]641942[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse iconography, with a seated statue behind pillars, reminds me of this familiar coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641945[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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