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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.63
People
Faustina II, Roman (r. 161-175)
Title
Coin of Pautalia under Faustina the Younger
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
c. 165
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Pautalia (Thrace)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman Provincial
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/50141

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.38 g
Die Axis
2

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Grece (Evelpidis) no. 989

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.63
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Faustina II, r., draped and wearing an earring and tiara.
Rev.: Demeter, veiled, enthroned to l., holding two ears of grain downward in r. hand and holding a long torch with l.

Verification Level

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