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ID number:  BIRBI-R1267
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Faustina Minor; Marcus Aurelius; Rome
Denomination:  Sestertius
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  161-176
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  3.10
Weight (g):  24.20
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 3921. A. H. Baldwin, 1962.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Faustina Minor, wearing pearl circlet, with hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, curls on r., draped, facing r. Reverse: Juno, draped and standing facing l., holding patera in extended r. hand and sceptre in l.; at l., peacock.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FΛVSTINΛ ΛVCVCTΛ (Faustina Augusta). Reverse: IVNONI REGINΛE S C (Queen of the Goddesses, S C; Translation Disputed).

Bibliography:  RIC III 1651.

4 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Faustina Minor
Roman
c. 130
175
Marcus Aurelius
Roman
121
180
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