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As - Faustina the Elder CERES S C; Ceres

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 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#
261653
References RIC III# 1185_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.1185_as
Online 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: DIVA FAVSTINA

Translation:
Diva Faustina.
The divine Faustina [the Elder].

Reverse

Ceres, standing left, holding corn-ears and torch.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CERES S C

Translation:
Ceres. Senatus Consultum.
Ceres. Decree of the Senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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