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A work made of silver.

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Empress Faustina the Younger

176-180

Roman, minted in Rome

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Empress Faustina the Younger, facing to the right. The back (reverse) depicts a funeral pyre surmounted by a biga (two-horse chariot).

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium