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A silver denarius of the empress Faustina Junior with a reverse showing Concordia holding a flower. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 154-156 CE.
Size and Weight: 17 x 18mm, 2.73g
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL
Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at the back of the head.
Reverse: CONCO-RDIA
Concordia seated left, holding a flower, resting her left elbow on a cornucopia which terminates on a globe under her chair.
Provenance: bogglesdelight (eBay), March 2009
Ref: RCV (2002) 4704; RIC III Antoninus Pius 502a.
BW Ref: 030 053 138
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Note: According to the seller, this coin is a metal detecting find from Norfolk.

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