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Lot # 572
Diva Faustina I (died 141 AD). AE Sestertius. Struck under Antoninus Pius. Obv. DIVA FAVSTINA. Draped bust right, hair elaborately waved and coiled in bands across head and drawn up at back and piled in a round coil on top. Rev. AETERNITAS S C. Aeternitas, draped, standing left, holding phoenix on globe in right hand and with left hand holding out fold of skirt. RIC III (A. Pius) 1105a. AE. 23.71 g. 31 mm. Delicate portrait, green brown patina. VF.