Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-145. Draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Pietas, veiled and draped, standing left, holding acerra and dropping incense on lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC III 394c(a) (Pius); Beckmann dies daf7/PA12; Calicó 1794 (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 826 (same dies); Mazzini 232 (same dies). Underlying luster. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 111 (29 May 2019), lot 710; Stack's (2 December 1997), lot 357. Estimate: 3000 USD |