Thrace, Pautalia, Faustina II
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Description
Thrace, Pautalia, Faustina II (147 – 176 AD). ΦAVCTEINA CEBACTH; draped bust right / OVΛΠIAC Î AVTAΛIAC; Hygeia standing right, feeding serpent.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AE22 |
| Weight [g]: | 6,26 |
| Grade: | aVF/aVF |
| Attribution: | Varbanov 2848; Moushmov 4115 |
| Commentary: | attractive green patina, small patina break on obverse, good portrait |
Historical Context
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.





