Aureus - Faustina the Elder AVGVSTA; Ceres

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	141
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	6.7 g
Diameter	19.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260368
References	RIC III# 357Aa 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.357Aa Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , Calicó# 1758 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes). , BMC RE# 403 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes).

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVA FAVSTINA

Unabridged legend: Diva Faustina

Translation: The divine Faustina [the Elder]

Reverse

Ceres, veiled, draped, standing left, holding out torch in right hand and short vertical sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTA

Unabridged legend: Augusta

Translation: The venerable

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 6.58–6.87 g;
Diameter varies: 19–20 mm;

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (141)

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