Thrace, Pautalia, Faustina II
Description:
Thrace, Pautalia, Faustina II (147 - 176 AD). ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH; draped bust right / OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC; Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent.
Diameter:
AE22 mm
Weight:
6,26 g
Grade:
aVF/aVF
Attribution:
Varbanov 2848; Moushmov 4115
Commentary:
attractive green patina, small patina break on obverse, good portrait
History:
Hygeia was the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation and the daughter of the god of medicine, Asklepios, and Epione, the goddess of soothing of pain.
Article Number:
050-04-04-41652