Roman Imperial coin – HCR92245

Obverse

Inscription:

DIVA AVG FAVSTINA

Design:

Bust of Faustina the Elder, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top

Reverse

Inscription:

PVELLAE FAVSTINIA[N]AE

Design:

Antoninus Pius, seated left on platform on right with a woman standing besid him; both lean forward to receive a little girl, carried by man standing right below; in front of the platform, another man is running up, pushing a second little girl before him

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Antoninus Pius

Person

Faustina I (subject)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

denarius

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

Post-AD 141

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.14

Axis

Diameter (mm)

16.7

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

L. A. Lawrence Collection

Acquisition date

1948

Source

L. A. Lawrence

Acquisition credit

Purchased, 1948.

Reference

RIC III : 399A

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.399A

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, mmaliczowski