Faustina I. AR Denarius.

DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust right.
PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE, Antoninus and Faustina standing
left on platform, both leaning forwards to receiving a 
little girl held up by a citizen, another citizen 
beneath the platform running left, pushing a second 
little girl before him. 

This moving reverse refers to the poor girls' charity and 
orphanage established by Antoninus in memory of his 
beloved, deceased wife, who did so much for the women
and the poor of Rome. 
Rare.

RIC 399a; RSC 262; Sear -.
With kind permission of www.edgarlowen.com, Oct. 2011.