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FAUSTINA SENIOR
- Obverse: DIVA FAV– STINA Draped and veiled bust left, hair waved and coiled on top of head
- Reverse: AVGV – STA Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding corn ears and torch
- Type: Denar
- State: Good EF
- Weight: 3,51 gr.
- Date: 141 AD
- Mint: Roma
- Diameter: 17,80 mm.
- Die axis: 6 hs
- RIC III: 360 var (Antoninus Pius)
- Other Ref: C. 78 var; BMC. A. Pius 415
- Source: NAC, AG (05-2017). Auction 100. Lot 508
- Comments:
Very rare. An unusually elegant portrait struck in high relief, virtually as struck and almost Fdc