Denarius
Faustina
Roman Imperial
Roman Empire
161-175
Silver
Weight: 2.7 g
Diameter: 13/16 in. (20 mm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Arthur Fairbanks, Class of 1886, in memory of his father, Henry Fairbanks, Class of 1853
27.1.29353
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Coin
Research Area
Numismatics: Greek and Roman
Not on view
Inscriptions
Obverse: Inscrip. FAVSTINA AVG-PII AVG FIL. Faustina II bust, facing right, hair waved and coiled in the back. Reverse: Inscrip. CONCO-RDIA. Concordia, seated left, holding flower, resting elbow on cornucopiae, which is by her chair: under chair, globe. (RIC 502a)
Provenance
Arthur Fairbanks (1864-1944), Class of 1886; given to present collection, 1927.
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