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A coin of the empress Faustina Junior with Cybele on the reverse. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Faustina Junior, 147-176 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 161-175 CE.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 3.3g
Obverse: Draped bust right.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse: Cybele turreted, seated left, lion left at left of throne, holding a branch at shoulder height in right hand in front, resting left arm on tympanum.
MA - TRI MAGNAE
Provenance: Incitatus Coins (Vcoins), May 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 5259; RIC 706 (under Marcus Aurelius)
BW Ref: 027 031 109
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