As - Faustina the Elder PIETAS AVG S C; Pietas

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 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	10 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 261676
References	RIC III# 1192Ab_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.1192Ab_as Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Faustina I, veiled, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA

Translation:
Diva Augusta Faustina.
The divine and venerable Faustina [the Elder].

Reverse

Pietas, veiled, draped, standing, left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted candelabrum-altar, left and holding box in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PIETAS AVG S C

Translation:
Pietas Augusti. Senatus Consultum.
Piety of the Emperor. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen

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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