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ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Sestertius of Diva Faustina the Elder

Place CreatedRome, Italy, Europe

CultureRoman

PeriodImperial, reign of Antoninus Pius

Date141 CE

MediumCopper alloy

Dimensions15/16 oz., 1 1/4 in. (26 g, 3.2 cm)

Object numberX.0715

Label TextObverse: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, with draped bust of Faustina the Elder facing right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top

Reverse: AETERNITAS SC, with Providentia, standing left, holding globe and scepter

Status

Not on view

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