Diva Faustina I. Denarius

Diva Faustina I; Died 140 AD, Rome, Denarius, 3.31g. BM-352, RSC-27a. Obv: DIVA FAV - STINA Bust draped r. Rx: [AETER] - NITA - S Juno, veiled, standing r. raising r. hand and holding scepter in l. A rare variant of this type with Juno looking right, not left as normally. The BM has a specimen of this coin, acquired in 1877, and there was one in the Reka Devnia hoard too. It is not in Cohen, and was overlooked by Strack-448, who should have known of the BM and Sofia specimens.. aEF