Barbaric Tribal
Denarius Imitative of
Rare Lifetime
Faustina Sr
DenariusRecently acquired.
I have started a
collection of
Faustina the Elder coins. I think this makes a very interesting addition to that
collection!
Description is from FORVM's original listing; photo is mine.
This coin was struck outside the
Roman Empire, perhaps by
Celts or the Getae, northeast of
Dacia and
Pannonia. Getae was the name given by the
Greeks to several
Thracian tribes inhabiting the regions to either
side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern
Bulgaria and
Romania.
RS90484. Silver
denarius, references: for possible prototype,
cf. RSC II 139a (official issue,
Rome mint, 139 - 141 A.D.); condition: F,
mint: tribal,
weight: 2.603g, maximum
diameter: 18.1mm,
die axis: 180o, date struck: c. 140 - 150 A.D.;
obverse FAVSTINA
AVGVSTA, draped
bust right;
reverse AVGVSTA(?),
Ceres standing half left, raising right hand, long torch in left.
