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A copper as of the empress Faustina Junior with a reverse showing Fecunditas and four children Coin Type: Copper as of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 161-175 CE.
Size and Weight: 25mm, 10.11g
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Draped bust right, hair waved and coiled at back of head.
Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE S C
Fecunditas (or Faustina as Fecunditas) standing facing, head left, with four girl children, one in each arm and one standing at either side.
Provenance: Antiquarian Coins (Vauctions), May 2005.
Ref: RCV (2002) 5294; RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1636.
BW Ref: 012 036 039
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