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A copper coin of the empress Faustina Junior with a Salus reverse Coin Type: Copper as of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 161-175 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 25mm, 12.8g
Obverse: Draped and diademed bust right.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse: Salus seated left, holding out a patera with right hand to feed a snake which rises from an altar. Legs crossed. left elbow rests on back of throne.
SALVTI AVGVSTAE S C
Provenance: elgallio (eBay), March 2007
Ref: RIC III 1671 (under Marcus Aurelius)
BW Ref: 026 031 107
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