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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.255
People
Faustina II, Roman (r. 161-175)
Title
Aureus of Faustina II
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
147-150 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)
Period
Roman Imperial period, Middle
Culture
Roman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196160

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gold
Metal
AV
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.38 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
aureus
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL
  • Reverse Inscription: VENVS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the H. Montagu Colection, Rollin & Feuardent, 1896, lot 416

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
cf. BMC iv, no. 1063, p. 161, pl. 23.1; for the date BMC iv, introduction, xliv

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.255
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Bust of Faustina, draped, to r., hair elaborately dressed in horizontal waves at the front, and coiled up in a bun, pearl diadem;
Rev.: Venus, standing, facng l., holding apple in r. hand, and a rudder set on dolphin, which coils around it

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), p.151

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

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