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The product is a Roman Empire AR Denarius coin from the era of Faustina Sr. (138-141 AD). This coin is made of silver and has been certified by NGC with certification number 4208104-006. It features a draped bust of Faustina I on one side and Ceres holding a torch on the other. The coin originates from Italy and falls under the historical period of Roman Imperial rule. It is a valuable and historically significant piece for collectors interested in ancient Roman coins. RIC 361 Sear 4583 Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGVSTA, Ceres standing left, raising right hand and holding torch. RIC 361; RSC 101a. Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder, sometimes referred to as Faustina I or Faustina Major, was a Roman empress and wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. The emperor Marcus Aurelius was her nephew and later became her adopted son, along with Emperor Lucius Verus. She died early in the principate of Antoninus Pius, but continued to be prominently commemorated as a diva, posthumously playing a prominent symbolic role during his reign. Faustina was the only known daughter of consul and prefect Marcus Annius Verus and Rupilia Faustina. Her brothers were consul Marcus Annius Libo and praetor Marcus Annius Verus. Her maternal aunts were Roman Empress Vibia Sabina and Matidia Minor. Her paternal grandfather was named Marcus Annius Verus, like her father, while her maternal grandparents were suffect consul Lucius Scribonius Libo Rupilius Frugi Bonus and possibly Vitellia. Faustina was born and raised in Rome. While a private citizen, she married Antoninus Pius between 110 AD and 115 AD. Faustina bore four children with Pius: two sons and two daughters. These were: · Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus (died before 138); his sepulchral inscription has been found at the Mausoleum of Hadrian in Rome. He is commemorated by a high-quality series of bronze coins, possibly struck at Rome, though their language is Greek. · Aurelia Fadilla (died in 135); she married Aelius Lamia Silvanus or Syllanus. She appears to have had no children with her husband and her sepulchral inscription has been found in Italy. · Annia Galeria Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger (between 125–130 to 175), a future Roman Empress; she married her maternal cousin, future Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. She was the only child who survived to see Antoninus and Faustina elevated to the imperial rank. According to the unreliable Historia Augusta, there were rumors while Antoninus was proconsul of Asia that Faustina conducted herself with "excessive frankness and levity".