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Faustina II the Younger, 147-175 AD, AE As, Juno, struck c. 147-150 AD

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Origin: Rome mint
Authority: Faustina II the Younger, struck under Antoninus Pius
Denomination: AE As
Composition: Copper
Date: circa 147-150 AD; issue 3
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,
Rarity: rare, only a few examples listed in online auction archives
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)
References: BMCRE IV [Pius] 2188; RIC III 1398 [Pius]; Cohen III 124; SRCV II 4726
General: Faustina II 'the Younger' ('Annia Galeria Faustina Minor) was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Faustina I 'the Elder', and the wife of Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Juno, was a Roman Goddess who protected the state and also the women of Rome. Often featured with a peacock (not on this coin).
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All references used by Ancient Coin Traders

Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, Barbaric Tribal Denarius Imitative, struck 140-150 AD
Faustina II the Younger, Sestertius, 168-169 AD