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Object Type
Museum number: R.12459
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin. (whole); Bust of Faustina I, draped, right: hair elaborately waved and coiled, with bands across the head, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top. (obverse); Juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left: on left, at feet, peacock looking up at the goddess. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 138-139
Production place: Minted in: Rome (city)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 7.190 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RE4 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.IV: Antoninus Pius to Commodus. Introduction, indexes and plates. (43, p.9); RIC3 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 3: Antoninus Pius to Commodus (331, p.67) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Faustina the Elder; Named in inscription & portrayed: Hera/Juno; Named in inscription: Antoninus Pius
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1830
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: R.12459
C&M catalogue number: RE4 (9) (43)

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