RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1707
Denomination: sestertius
Material: ae
Authority: marcus_aurelius
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0176 to 0180
Obverse legend: DIVA AVG FAVSTINA
Obverse: Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, veiled, 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: CONSECRATIO S C
Reverse: Funeral pyre in tiers, draped, surrmounted by statue of Faustina the Eldern biga