Coin sold at 15/06/2004
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Crispina, AE Sestertius, CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Crispina, facing right.
SALVS S C, Salus, personifying health, safety, and general welfare, seated left feeding a serpent that is rising from an altar. F, Sear/RCV 6010, RIC 672a, BMC 420, (24.4 gm.).

In theory, Bruttia Crispina married well, to Commodus, a mere sixteen years old, and newly made co-Emperor, with his father, Marcus Aurelius. Unfortunately for her, it was an arranged marriage, with the intent of producing children as heirs to the throne. Three years later, Commodus succeeded his father, and three years after that, after a plot against his life, Crispina met her doom. With absolute power, Commodus accused her of adultery, banished her to Capreae, and had her executed. He meted out the same punishment even to his own sister, Lucilla, for plotting against him.