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Description: | Copper alloy sestertius of Faustina II (c.AD 145-175), consecration issue of Faustina II after her death (c.AD 176), Reece period 8, BMC 4th issue of DIVA FAVSTINA PIA obverse type with draped bust with rows of plaits in chevrons across head and knotted into low chignon on back of neck, facing right, SIDERIBVS RECEPTA S C reverse type with Diva Faustina as Diana, draped and wearing crescent on shoulders,standing front, head facing right holding lighted torch in both hands across body, mint of Rome. Cf. BMC IV pp. 655-6, Plate 87, Figs.1 & 3, Nos.1585 & 1591.
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