Aureus - Faustina the Elder CONCORDIA AVG; Concordia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	138-139
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.3 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260309
References	RIC III# 328B Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.ant.328B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Faustina I, draped, left, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P

Translation:
Faustina Augusta Antonini Augusti, Patri Patriae.
Faustina [the Elder] the venerable, [consort of] emperor (Augustus) Antoninus [Pius], father of the nation.

Reverse

Concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in right hand and resting left arm on statuette of Spes set on low base; cornucopiae under chair.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CONCORDIA AVG

Translation:
Concordia Augusta.
Venerable harmony.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (138-139)

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