- Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Empress Faustina Junior at the Rome Mint.
- 3.20g, RIC 737, RSC 286.
- Minted during her lifetime, 161 to 175 CE during the reign of her husband Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
- Superb portrait of this mother to Emperor Commodus and Empress Lucilla.
- NGC Certified to Ch AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5 (near maximum subgrades).
- Toned with underlying luster, beautiful in hand.
- Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of empress with elaborate hairstyle.
- Reverse: VESTA, Vesta veiled seated left holding palladium and scepter.
- Vesta is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion, an appropriate type for this woman.
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