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Silver denarius of Diva Faustina Senior with a Ceres reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Diva Faustina Senior, 139-141 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, after 147 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 2.94g
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA
Draped bust right with pearls in hair.
Reverse: AVGV-STA
Ceres, veiled, standing left, tall vertical torch in left hand behind, three ears of corn in right hand in front.
Provenance: del550 (eBay), January 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 4591; RIC III Antoninus Pius 378
BW Ref: 014 030 101
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