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ID number: BIRBI-R1181 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: Denarius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 139-141 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 3.34 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1238. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Faustina Major, wearing hair waved and coiled on top of head, draped and facing r. Reverse: Vesta seated facing l., holding palladium in r. and sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVETΛ (Faustina Augusta). Reverse: VES-TA (Vesta)
Bibliography: RIC III 342a.
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