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Coin Type: Silver denarius of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE Mint and Date: Rome, date unknown. Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.21g Obverse: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at back of head, band of pearls around. Reverse: VENVS Venus standing facing, head left, right hand holding an apple, left hand holding a rudder around which a dolphin is twined. Provenance: Barry & Darling (Vauctions), April 2005. Ref: RCV (2002) 4708; RIC III Antoninus Pius 517a. BW Ref: 011 053 040 |
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