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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8236065, member: 86498&quot;]Faustina Maior Av Aureus 141-146 AD Obv. Bust right draped wearing her hair bound with pearls on top of her head. Rv. Pietas standing left sacrifing over altar. RIC 394 c(a) Beckmann daf7/PA12 7.24 grms 20 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1448918[/ATTACH]This woman has the distinction of having the largest posthumous coinage of any individual honored in this manner during the history of the Roman Empire. This is noteworthy in that this coinage was limited to the reign of her husband Antoninus Pius. Surpisingly the temple he built in her honor still stands (more or less) within the Roman Forum. [ATTACH=full]1448924[/ATTACH]This it might have looked like after it was completed, By this time the temple had been repurposed to honor both her and her husband. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448931[/ATTACH]The remains of the temple today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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