Posthumous brass sestertius of Diva Faustina Senior, empress 139-141 CE.

Issued under Antoninus Pius, Rome mint, after 147 CE. Scarce.


Size and weight: 30x31mm, 23.8g.
Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA
Draped bust right with elaborate hairdo.
Reverse: CONSE-C-RATIO with S C across the fields.
Vesta standing facing, head left, tilting a patera over a lighted altar with her right hand, and holding a long torch behind her in her left.
Reference: Sear RCV (II) 4622; RIC III Antoninus Pius 1130, rated S; BMCRE 1529


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