Faustina the Elder
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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 an
Bust of Faustina Major in the Altes Museum (Berlin)
Side view of a bust of Faustina in the Musei Capitolini; note the distinctive hairstyle
Statue of Faustina the Elder at Herodes Atticus' nymphaeum at Olympia.
A denarius struck in honour of Faustina, depicting her temple with the abbreviated legend AED DIV FAVSTINAE (‘temple of the divine Faustina’)
Faustina the Younger
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Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of emperor Antoninus Pius and em
Faustina the Elder
…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…
Bust, c. 161 AD
Bust of a young Faustina Minor, 147–48 AD, in the Musei Capitolini.
Bust of Marcus Aurelius in the Archaeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey
Aureus of Antoninus Pius, struck at the Rome mint, dated c. 147–152. Obv: Bust of Faustina the Younger. Rev: Goddess Concordia standing.