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AD 145-161 Æ Sestertius Faustina the Younger Roman Empire Coin
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Obverse: Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, right, hair is elaborately dressed in horizontal lines with ringlets down front: it is coiled in a chignon on back of head.
Obverse legend: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Reverse: Spes, draped, standing front, head left, holding up flower-bud in right hand and gathering up fold of skirt in left.
Reverse legend: AVGVSTI PII FIL S C
Denomination: Æ Sestertius
Country: Roman Empire
Ruler: Annia Galeria Faustina the Younger (21 September c. 130 AD, — 175/176 AD) was Roman empress from 161 to her death as the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, her maternal cousin. Faustina was the youngest child of Emperor Antoninus Pius and Empress Faustina the Elder.
Year: AD 145-161
Metal: Bronze
Weight ± 22.15 g.
Diameter ± 30 mm.
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