Faustina was born to the Emperor Antoninus Pius and his wife Faustina (Faustina Major). She was originally betrothed to Lucius Verus, who was Hadrian's intended successor at the time. When her father, Antoninus, succeeded Hadrian, however, Faustina was instead married to Marcus Aurelius. After her father's death, Faustina became Empress with Marcus Aurelius, by whom she had numerous children, most of whom did not survive into adulthood, and of those who did, only one, Commodus, was male. Faustina's daughter, Lucilla, appeared on coins as the wife of Aurelius's co-emperor, and Faustina's erstwhile fiance, Lucius Verus. Faustina was deified after her death during her husband's reign in 175.

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