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Faustina I (the Elder), Roman Empress (21 Sep 100 - Oct 140)

Roman Empress noted for her beauty and morality, deified after her death. Full Name: Faustina Annia Galeria Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-455?rskey=0SyU5q&result=4 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustina_the_Elder Relationships: Faustina I (the Elder) was a mother of Faustina II (the Younger) (16 Feb c. 125-130-175)
Faustina I (the Elder) was a relative of Marcus Aurelius (26 Apr 121-17 Mar 180)

Antoninus Pius (19 Sep 86-07 Mar 161) was a husband of Faustina I (the Elder)
Faustina [ambiguous] (-) was a same person as? (uncertain) Faustina I (the Elder)
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The deified Faustina senior; the devotion of the Emperor, represented by a figure sacrificing at an altar.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Medal struck with, I believe, the head of Charles V the deified Faustina.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The deified Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius. Seated female figure; holding a phoenix on a globe in her left hand. See Croy 1654, tab. 43 no. 19.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The deified Faustina. Standing robed figure, with a in her right hand and a spear in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 35 Diva Faustina. Augusta. Faustina, dextra bacillum, sin. facem. Ar. The deified Faustina. Faustina, with a staff in her right hand and a torch in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) The deified Faustina. Faustina, with a staff in her right hand and a torch in her left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 43 FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. Caput Faustinæ Ant. Pij uxoris. R Figura stans dextra hastã sinistra ... SC. Æ. I. Faustina. Head of Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius. On the reverse standing figure with a spear in the right hand and in the left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Faustina. Head of Faustina, wife of Antoninus Pius. On the reverse standing figure with a spear in the right hand and in the left.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
136 Head of Annia Faustina Wife of Antoninus Pius. DIVA .............. it was FAVSTINA Reverse a Female Figure standing... .... S. C AETERNITAS Casaubon
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
137 Head of Faustina. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA Reverse Ceres standing in her Right Hand some Ears of Corn in her left a spear or Staff S. C. CE RES. Casaubon
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
138 Head of Faustina DIVA FAVSTINA Reverse a Female Figure standing before an altar in it's right Hand a Patera in its left a spear S. C. CONSECRATIO. Bargrave
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
139 Head of Faustina with a Veil Inscription and Reverse as the former Casaubon
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
140 Head of Faustina with the Head Dress as the Former. DIVA FAVSTINA. Reverse a Female Figure sitting upon a Globe, in her Right Hand a Patera.    S. C. AETERNITAS Casaubon
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 14 Coins of Faustina 1, M. Aurelius 3, Faustina jun. 1, Verus 1, Lucilla 1, Commodus 5, Crispina 1, vide N° 389., 403., 406., 413., 422, 423., 439., 442, 444, 445, 446., 449, 450, and 457 14
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 42 Antoninus Pius 16, Faustina 8, vide N° 363 to 368, 372 to 382., 390., 392 to 398 24
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 105 Augustus, Tiberius, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Ælius, Antonius, Faustina, Verus, Caracalla, and Julia Pia 25
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 106 Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Faustina, Aurelius, Verus, Caracalla, Geta, S. Severus, and Julia Domna 26