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Coin Type: Bronze obol of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE Mint and Date: Alexandria, 148-149 CE. Size and Weight: 17 x 18mm, 3.74g Obverse: ΦAYC(TINA) CЄBCTH• Draped bust right, hair coiled at the back of the head. Reverse: Uraeus serpent coiled with head to right, wearing disk and horns headdress. Field Marks: LI in left field, B in right field (Regnal year 12 of Antoninus Pius) Provenance: denant (eBay), November 2009 Ref: ? BW Ref: 033 044 149 |
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Note 1: Milne would call this coin an obol; Sear would call it a hemiobol. Note 2: Notice that the A is missing from the word CЄBACTH on the obverse. |
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