RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1659
Denomination: sestertius
Material: ae
Authority: marcus_aurelius
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0161 to 0176
Obverse legend: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
Obverse: Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right
Obverse portrait: faustina_ii
Reverse legend: MATRI CASTRORVM S C
Reverse: Faustina, veiled, draped, standing left, sacrificing onto decorated and lighted altar from patera in right hand and holding incense-box in left hand; to left, three standards.