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ID number: BIRBI-R1183 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: After 141 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 3.27 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1240. 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: Juno (?) standing facing l., raising r. hand and holding sceptre in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: DIVA FΛVSTINA (Divine Faustina). Reverse: ΛITER-NITAS (Eternity).
Bibliography: RIC III 344.
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