The Coin Cabinet Ltd. > The Euclidean CollectionAuction date: 28 March 2024
Lot number: 296

Price realized: 420 GBP   (Approx. 530 USD / 490 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Good Very Fine; striking green patina - a fine example of this desirable familial issue | ROMAN EMPIRE. Faustina II (wife of Marcus Aurelius).
Bronze sestertius, AD 161-161. Rome.
Obv: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right. Rev: SAECVLI FELICIT, twin brothers Commodus and Antoninus as children, seated facing half inwards towards each other on draped pulvinar (throne); one star above each head, S-C across fields.
Good Very Fine; striking green patina - a fine example of this desirable familial issue.

Reference: RIC III-1665 (Marcus Aurelius); BMCRE-936 (Marcus Aurelius).
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2013.
Die Axis: 11h.
Diameter: 34 mm.
Weight: 29.14 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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Estimate: 300 GBP

Starting price: 150 GBP