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Dupondius - Faustina the Elder PIETAS AVG S C; Pietas

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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 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 12 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
261680
References RIC III# 1192Aa_dupondius
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.1192Aa_dupondius
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 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

Mass varies: 11.018–14.04 g;
Diameter varies: 26–28 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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