Aureus - Faustina the Elder VESTA, Vesta

€260,317.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year138-139
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#334A_aureus, OCRE#ric.3.ant.334A_aureus
Obverse descriptionBust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringFAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P
(Translation: Faustina Augusta Antonini Augusti, Patri Patriae. Faustina [the Elder] the venerable, [consort of] emperor (Augustus) Antoninus [Pius], father of the nation.)
Reverse descriptionVesta, veiled, draped, seated, left, holding palladium in right hand and sceptre in left.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringVESTA
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MintageND (138-139)  - -
Catalog ID1704514610
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