RB93048. Bronze as (or dupondius), RIC III MA1647; MIR 18 17-5b; Cohen III 123; BMCRE IV p. 541, 983; Hunter II 48; SRCV II 5297, aVF, red-brown patina, struck on a small squared flan, a few scattered pits, Rome mint, weight 12.897g, maximum diameter 29.6mm, die axis 180
o, struck under Marcus Aurelius, 161 - 175 A.D.; obverse FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, bust of Faustina the Younger right, draped, hair elaborately waved and fastened in a low chignon; reverse IVNO, Juno standing half left, head left, draped, patera in extended right hand, long scepter vertical in left hand, peacock left at feet on left, S - C (Senatus Consulto) across field at center; from the Errett Bishop Collection;
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