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Coin Type: Copper as of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 161-175 CE. Size and Weight: 23mm x 25mm, 12.83g Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Draped bust right, wearing a circlet of pearls. Reverse: SALVTI AVGVSTAE S C Salus seated left, holding out a patera with right hand to feed a snake which rises from an altar. Legs crossed. left elbow rests on back of throne. Provenance: elgallio (eBay), March 2007 Ref: RCV (2002) —; RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1671a. BW Ref: 026 031 107 |
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