Description
Faustina Major, Sestertius, 138-141, Rome
RIC III Antoninus Pius 1081.
Obv.: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.
Rev.: VENERI AVGVSTAE S C, Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding apple in left hand.
23.36 g
32.2 mm
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