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A silver denarius of the deified empress Faustina Senior with a reverse showing Fortuna. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Diva Faustina Senior, 139-141 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, after 141 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.20g
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA
Draped bust right with elaborate hairstyle with pearls in hair.
Reverse: AETE-R-NITAS
Fortuna standing left, globe in right hand and rudder held in left.
Provenance: csj650 (eBay), July 2009
Ref: RCV (2002) 4577 ; RIC III Antoninus Pius 348
BW Ref: 017 041 142
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