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Copper as or brass dupondius of Diva Faustina Senior with a Pietas reverse Coin Type: Brass dupondius or copper as of Diva Faustina Senior, 139-141 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 141 CE.
Size and Weight: 26mm x 27mm, 9.2g
Obverse: Draped bust right with pearls in hair.
DIVA AVGVS - TA FAVSTINA
Reverse: Pietas standing left, incense box in left hand, right hand dropping incense on candelabrum-altar.
PIETA(S AV)G S C
Provenance: Rowfar (eBay), January 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 4655; RIC 1192a
BW Ref: 012 030 099
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