| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 769 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, early AD 150s. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / CONSECR ATI O, peacock walking right, head turned back left. RIC III 384 (Pius); Beckmann dies df129/P4, a (this coin referenced); Strack 453α (Pius); Calicó 1783; BMCRE 472; Adda 248; Biaggi 819; Jameson 122; Mazzini 174. Some underlying luster. Good VF. An attractive coin in hand. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Spink 65 (5 October 1988), lot 223; 1985 Arquennes Hoard, no. 715. The Arquennes Hoard was discovered in 1985. All coins were recorded in archive in Brussels, Belgium. Most were sold through Spink, "many but not all in catalogues 60 (7 October 1987, 65 (5 October 1988), and later auctions" (Beckmann p. 107). Estimate: 3000 USD |  |
