RB98685. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III AP1116(a), BMCRE IV AP1509, Hunter II 113, Cohen II 79, SRCV II 4614, F, well centered, mild pitting, weak reverse strike, Rome mint, weight 27.109g, maximum diameter 33.5mm, die axis 180
o, 147 - 161 A.D.; obverse DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waived and banded, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil at top; reverse AVGVSTA, Ceres standing half left, head left, draped, wreath of grain on head, two grain-ears in right hand, long torch vertical behind in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) divided low across field;
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