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Object Type
Museum number: 1862,0417.32
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bust of Faustina II, veiled and draped, right. (obverse); Funeral pyre with four tiers. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 176-180
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 12 o'clock; Weight: 2.88 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (698, p.487); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (747, p.273) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; funeral/funerary rite
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1862
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1862,0417.32
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (487) (698)

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