Faustina minor

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Events

Created

When	161 CE
Where	Rome

Keywords

Bronze Child Classical antiquity Coin Copper Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Portrait Sestertius Utensil Weib ruler

Description

Vorderseite: Gewandbüste der Faustina minor n. r. mit Stephané.
Rückseite: Thron (pulvinar), auf dem zwei kleine Kinder sitzen (Commodus und sein Zwillingsbruder).

Inscription

Vorderseite: FAVSTINAE AVGVSTA
Rückseite: SAECVLI FELICIT

Similar objects

RIC III Aurelius: 1665

MIR 18 Faustina: 27

Material/Technique

Bronze; geprägt

Measurements

Diameter: 33 mm
Weight: 26.48 g

Literature

RIC Marc Aurel Nr. 1665.
W. Szaivert, Die Münzprägung der Kaiser Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Verus und Commodus (161/192), MIR 18 (1987) 169 Nr. Fa27 (vor 161-176 n. Chr.). Ex Sammlung Apostolo Zeno, Katalog Dorotheum I (1955) 75 Nr. 1215 (dieses Stück).

Links / Documents

Object from: Archäologisches Museum der Universität Münster

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