Reece Period attributed: Period 7
Member of the The Antonines dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 138 until 161.
As the wife of Antoninus Pius, Faustina earned a mixed reputation for her purported fun-loving lifestyle and lack of gravity. The emperor himself wrote very fondly of Faustina, though other reports suggest that her debauchery were a source of grief for her husband. Antoninus Pius may even have suppressed many of the vicious rumors which circulated about his wife.
We have recorded 806 examples.
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