Description

Diva Faustina Senior, died 141 AD, Under Antoninus Pius.
Brass Sestertius  Struck at Rome.

DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right.  Rev:
CONSECRATIO  S C, three-tiered funeral pyre (rogus)
on a base decorated with garlands, surmounted by
Faustina in a biga right.

RIC III, 1135; BMC 1429; C 186; RCV 4625 Fine (R2).

The first appearance of the Crematorium built by Antoninus. The remains of the building have been discovered near the Piazza Montecitorio, west of the Corso in Regio IX.