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Diva Faustina Junior AE Sestertius, Aeternitas reverse
Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) for Diva Faustina Junior, died 175/6. AE Sestertius (29 mm, 25.63 g), Rome, c. 176-180.
Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, Draped bust to right, hair in a long braid bound up in a bun at the back.
Rev. AETERNITAS, The draped figure of the deified Faustina II seated left on a low-backed throne, holding a scepter in her upraised right hand, resting her left in her lap, and with her veil, one end held in her right hand and the other wrapped around her body, billowing out above her head; to left and right, draped female figure moving to left, each with a veil, held in her right hand and wrapped around her body, billowing over her head; each looks toward Faustina, the one on the left turning her head back to do so; below, S C.
Banti 7; BMC (Marcus Aurelius) 1568; RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 1697.
Very rare. Reddish patina, almost very fine.
Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) for Diva Faustina Junior, died 175/6. AE Sestertius (29 mm, 25.63 g), Rome, c. 176-180.
Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, Draped bust to right, hair in a long braid bound up in a bun at the back.
Rev. AETERNITAS, The draped figure of the deified Faustina II seated left on a low-backed throne, holding a scepter in her upraised right hand, resting her left in her lap, and with her veil, one end held in her right hand and the other wrapped around her body, billowing out above her head; to left and right, draped female figure moving to left, each with a veil, held in her right hand and wrapped around her body, billowing over her head; each looks toward Faustina, the one on the left turning her head back to do so; below, S C.
Banti 7; BMC (Marcus Aurelius) 1568; RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 1697.
Very rare. Reddish patina, almost very fine.