Roman coin.Diva Faustina II.lot 276

Description: Roman coin.Diva Faustina II.lot 276. Shipped with USPS First Class. Roman coin.Diva Faustina.Lot 262. Shipped with USPS First Class. Weight:3.23 gm Size:18 mm VG condition coin. Certificate of Authenticity included Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger(born probably 21 Septemberc.130AD175/176 AD) was a daughter ofRoman EmperorAntoninus Piusand Roman EmpressFaustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman EmperorMarcus Aurelius. She was held in high esteem by soldiers and her own husband as Augusta and mater Castrorum (Mother of the Camp) and was given divine honours after her death. Faustina, named after her mother, was her parents' fourth and youngest child and second daughter; she was also their only child to survive to adulthood. She was born and raised inRome. Her great uncle, the emperorHadrian, had arranged with her father for Faustina to marryLucius Verus. On 25 February 138, she and Verus were betrothed.Verus fatherwas Hadrian's first adopted son and his intended heir; however, when Verus father died, Hadrian chose Faustina's father to be his second adopted son, and eventually, he became Hadrian's successor. Faustina's father ended the engagement between his daughter and Verus and arranged for Faustina's betrothal to her maternal cousin,Marcus Aurelius; Aurelius was also adopted by her father. In April or May 145,Faustina and Marcus Aurelius were married, as had been planned since 138. Since Aurelius was, by adoption, Antoninus Pius' son, under Roman law he was marrying his sister; Antoninus would have had to formally release one or the other from his paternal authority (hispatria potestas) for the ceremony to take place.Little is specifically known of the ceremony, but it is said to have been "noteworthy".Coins were issued with the heads of the couple, and Antoninus, asPontifex Maximus, would have officiated. Marcus makes no apparent reference to the marriage in his surviving letters, and only sparing references to Faustina.Faustina was given the title ofAugustaon 1 December 147 after the birth of her first child, Domitia Faustina. When Antoninus died on 7 March 161, Marcus and Lucius Verus ascended to the throne and became co-rulers. Faustina then became empress. Not much has survived from the Roman sources regarding Faustina's life, but what is available does not give a good report.Cassius Dioand the unreliableHistoria Augustaaccuse Faustina of ordering deaths by poison and execution; she has also been accused of instigating the revolt ofAvidius Cassiusagainst her husband. TheHistoria Augustamentions adultery with sailors, gladiators, and men of rank; however, Faustina and Aurelius seem to have been very close and mutually devoted. Faustina accompanied her husband on various military campaigns and enjoyed the excessive love and reverence of Roman soldiers. Aurelius gave her the title ofMater Castrorumor Mother of the Camp. She attempted to make her home out of an army camp. Between 170 and 175, she was in the north, and in 175, she accompanied Aurelius to the east. Certificate of Authentucity included.

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