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A silver denarius of the empress Faustina Senior with a reverse showing Ceres Coin Type: Silver denarius of Diva Faustina Senior, 139-141 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, after 147 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.09g
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA
Draped bust right with pearls in hair.
Reverse: C-E-RES
Ceres, veiled, standing left, long torch in left hand, two ears of corn in her right hand.
Ref: RCV (2002) 4591; RIC III Antoninus Pius 378
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