RS96969. Silver denarius, RIC III AP394a, RSC II 234, BMCRE IV AP311, SRCV II 4598, Choice VF, well centered, superb matron portrait, old collection toning, flow lines, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.992g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 0
o, posthumous, 145 A.D.; obverse DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse PIETAS AVG (to the piety of the Emperor), Pietas standing slightly left, head left, veiled and draped, dropping incense from right hand on flaming garlanded column altar on left, incense box in left hand; ex Forum (2009);
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