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A silver denarius of the empress Faustina Senior with a reverse showing Ceres Coin Type: Silver denarius of Diva Faustina Senior, 139-141 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, after 147 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.09g
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA
Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled on top of the head.
Reverse: AVGVSTA
Ceres standing left, raising her right hand and holding a long torch behind in her left.
Ref: RCV (2002) 4583; RIC III Antoninus Pius 361.
Provenance: Wayne Sayles (Vcoins), March 2004
BW Ref: 004 045 015
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