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Faustina II the Younger, 147-175 AD, AE As, Juno, struck c. 147-150 AD
Ruler: Faustina II the Younger, struck under Antoninus Pius
Province: Rome mint
Date: circa 147-150 AD; issue 3
Denomination: AE As
Composition: Copper
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVG - PII AVG FIL, Bust of Faustina II, draped, right; the hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines, with ringlets down the front: it is coiled on back of head in chignon, fastened with pearls
Reverse: I V - N O, Juno, draped, standing front, head left, holding patera in right hand and vertical sceptre in left; S C left and right, low in field
Size: 28.36mm, 13.5g, 1h
Grade: VF, attractive portrait, boldly struck, well centred, brown surfaces, patina remnants,
Provenance: ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 407 (11 October 2017), Lot 571; ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 298 (13 March 2013), Lot 282; from the Robert O. Ebert Collection, Part I, Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio Auction 174 (11 January 2013), Lot 5646 (part of)
Reference(s): BMCRE IV [Pius] 2188; RIC III 1398 [Pius]; Cohen III 124; SRCV II 4726