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ID number: BIRBI-R1216 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Faustina Major; Antoninus Pius; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 141 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.20 Weight (g): 26.13 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1843. Ex L. G. P. Messenger Collection, 1935. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Faustina Major, wearing hair waved and coiled on top of head, draped and facing r. Reverse: Mausoleum or pyre in three stories, set on a base; on top, Faustina, with mantle floating above head, in biga, facing r.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVA AVGVSTA FΛVSTINΛ (Divine Augusta Faustina) Reverse: … UNSE … ɪɪc (Consecrated). In Exergue: r - (Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC III 1135a.
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