2005.115.162: Dupondius of Diva Faustina I, the Elder, Rome

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.115.162

People

Faustina I, Roman (r. 138-140)
Antoninus Pius, Roman (r. 138 - 161 CE)

Title

Dupondius of Diva Faustina I, the Elder, Rome

Classification

Coins

Work Type

coin

Date

147 - 61 CE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Rome (Latium)

Period

Roman Imperial period

Culture

Roman

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/20306

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

10.71 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

dupondius

Inscriptions and Marks

• Obverse Inscription: DIVA FAVSTINA
• Reverse Inscription: AVGVSTA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

BMC IV, 1577 p.252

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

2005.115.162

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Obv.: Bust of Faustina I to r., draped, hair elaborately waved and piled up in a bun on top of the head, band of pearls.
Rev.: Ceres veiled, draped, seated l. on throne, holding two ears of wheat in extended r, hand and long torch in l.

Exhibition History

• Re-View: S422 (Ancient rotation) "The Scholar as Collector: Margarete Bieber (1879-1978)", Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/2011 - 06/18/2011

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