Aureus - Faustina the Younger VENVS; Venus

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 145-161
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
260700
References RIC III# 513Ab,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (1930 reprinted edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
OCRE# ric.3.ant.513Ab
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Faustina the Younger, bare-headed, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA AVG PII FIL

Translation:
Faustina Augusta Augusti Pii Filia.
Faustina [the Younger] the venerable, daughter of emperor (Augustus) [Antoninus] Pius.

Reverse

Venus, draped, standing, left, holding apple in right hand and vertical sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VENVS

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (145-161) 

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