RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1688
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: VENVS VICTRIX S C
Reverse: Venus, draped, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield on which are the Dioscuri or she-wolf and twins
Reverse portrait: venus