ROMAN IMPERIAL FAUSTINA JR. SILVER DENARIUS COIN PENDANT 

 IN 14KY GOLD

161 - 175 A.D.

Set in a rich and beautiful high polished modern 14K yellow gold setting, this authentic ancient coin is a silver Roman denarius featuring Faustina the Younger, daughter of the highly-esteemed emperor, Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius.  The lustrous ancient silver displays in beautiful contrast to the rich yellow gold that surrounds it.  Excellent detail and high relief are present on the coin.  It is coins like this that have provided archaeologists invaluable data to determining how ancient Roman citizens wore their hair, kept their appearances and the type and detail of all manors of dress from military armor to everyday wear.  

Faustina the Younger was the only daughter of the great Roman emperor Antoninus Pius.  Not only was her father a loved and righteous emperor, but Faustina was married to one of the most loved and greatest emperors of Imperatorial times, Marcus Aurelius!  

Faustina the Younger was married to Marcus Aurelius in A. D. 145 before he became a Roman emperor.  We do not have a great deal of primary source material on her life, but the evidence we do have suggests that the couple was very close.  They were blessed with an abundance of children, amongst whom were the future emperor Commodus and the future empress Lucilla. Faustina accompanied her emperor husband during his numerous campaigns in the field, attempting to make a home out of an army camp.  She was loved and revered by the Roman soldiers, who called her Matri Castrorum, or, "Mother of the Camp".  The years spent on military campaigns at the side of her husband began to take their toll.  Faustina the Younger died at the village of Halala in faraway Cappadocia in A. D. 176.  She was only forty six years old.  Some of the most beautiful portraits of contemporary Roman women are those found on the coins of Faustina the Younger.

Overall diameter is 25 mm.  

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