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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Faustina Jr.| > BB77890
Faustina Junior, Augusta 146 - Winter 175/176 A.D., Wife of Marcus Aurelius
|Faustina| |Jr.|, |Faustina| |Junior,| |Augusta| |146| |-| |Winter| |175/176| |A.D.,| |Wife| |of| |Marcus| |Aurelius|, The origin and purpose of the bronze "limes" denarii is uncertain. They may have been a token currency used only along the borders of the Empire. They may have been illegal counterfeits with a now long gone thin silver wash.
BB77890. Bronze limes denarius, cf. BMCRE IV p. 401, MA120; RSC II 139; RIC III MA696; Hunter II 12; SRCV II 5256 (silver, Rome mint), F, well centered, rough dark green patina, some corrosion, uncertain mint, weight 2.601g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, die axis 180o, struck under Marcus Aurelius, 161 - 175 A.D.; obverse FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing a double strand pearl diadem, hair in a bun at the back; reverse IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing left, veiled, patera in right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, peacock at feet on left standing left; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD











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