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Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE Sestertius, Venus, Lifetime issue, struck 139-141 AD

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Information: Issued during Faustina's lifetime
Origin: Rome mint
Authority: Faustina I the Elder, lifetime issue
Denomination: AE Sestertius
Composition: Orichalcum
Date: 139-141 AD
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVG AN-TONINI AVG PII PP, Bust of Faustina I, draped, right: the hair is elaborately waved and coiled with bands across the head, is drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top
Reverse: VENERI AVGVSTAE, Venus, draped, standing right, with right hand gathering up drapery from right shoulder and holding up apple in left; S C left and right, in field
Size: 32.79mm, 24.0g, 5h
Grade: VF, well centred, brown surfaces, filled die in parts of reverse legend
Rarity: scarce
Rarity Details: lifetime issues of Faustina I are much scarcer than the voluminous posthumous issues
Provenance: From the Hoffman collection; Ex Pegasi Numismatics Auction 37(14 November 2017), Lot 501; Pegasi Numismatics Auction 34 (24 May 2016), Lot 515
References: BMCRE IV [Pius] 1120; RIC III [Pius] 1081; Cohen II 282; SRCV II 4677
General: Faustina I the elder was born circa 100 AD and died in 140 AD. She was the wife of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, one of the Five Good Emperors. She died prematurely and was honoured by her late husband by a series of posthumous coinage issues. Most coins of Faustina belong to the posthumous issues. This sestertius however was issued during her lifetime.
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Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AE Sestertius, Ceres, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD
Faustina I the Elder, 138-141 AD, AR Denarius, Aeternitas, Providentia or Urania, Posthumous Issue, struck 141-161 AD