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Sestertius of Antoninus Pius struck for his wife Faustina I, Rome
Antoninus Pius141 CE
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Obv.: Bust of Faustina I, draped r.
Rev.: Aeternitas, draped, stabding l., holding phoenix on globe in r. hand and fold of her skirt with the l.
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- Title: Sestertius of Antoninus Pius struck for his wife Faustina I, Rome
- Creator Lifespan: r. 138 - 161 CE
- Creator Nationality: Roman
- Date: 141 CE
- Technique: Struck
- Period: Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Creation Place: Rome (Latium)/Europe/Ancient & Byzantine World
- Coin Constituent: Antoninus Pius
- Type: Coins
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: Bronze
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