- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1972.255
- People
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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
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- Medium
- Gold
- Metal
- AV
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.38 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- aureus
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL
- Reverse Inscription: VENVS
- Provenance
- From the H. Montagu Colection, Rollin & Feuardent, 1896, lot 416
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- cf. BMC iv, no. 1063, p. 161, pl. 23.1; for the date BMC iv, introduction, xliv
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
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- 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
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The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973), p.151
- Exhibition History
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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
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Ancient Coins
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