A handmade bronze coin for Empress Faustina Sr., who was the second wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius, 138-140/1 AD. The coin is graded Choice Fine (F) by NGC with a registration number of 4284287-018. These are really fascinating coins and are ~2000 years old!
ABOUT THE RULER:
Annia Galeria Faustina the Elder (born on February 16 around 100; died in October or November of 140), 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
ABOUT THE TYPE OF COIN:
The sestertius (plural sestertii), or sesterce (plural sesterces), was an ancient Roman coin. During the Roman Republic it was a small, silver coin issued only on rare occasions. During the Roman Empire it was a large brass coin. The name sestertius means "two and one half", referring to its nominal value of two and a half asses (a bronze Roman coin, singular as), a value that was useful for commerce because it was one quarter of a denarius, a coin worth ten asses. The name is derived newest from semis, "half" and "tertius", "third", in which "third" refers to the third as: the sestertius was worth two full asses and half of a third.
ABOUT NGC:
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Product code: Roman Empress Faustina Sr. (138-140/1 AD), newest Sestertius, Graded Choice Fine by NGC