As - Faustina the Elder SALVTI AVG S C; Salus
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 138-141 |
| Value | 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 261467 |
| References | RIC III# 1095_as 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.1095_asOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top.
Script: Latin
Lettering: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII P P
Translation:
Faustina Augusta Antonini Augusti Pii, Patri Patriae.
Faustina [the Elder] the venerable, [consort of] emperor (Augustus) Antoninus [Pius], father of the nation.
Reverse
Salus, standing left, feeding snake coiled round altar and resting back on tree.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SALVTI AVG S C
Translation:
Saluti Augustorum. Senatus Consultum.
To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Decree of the senate.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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