| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 227 | Auction date: 14 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Faustina I. Denarius; Faustina I; Rome, 139 AD, Denarius, 3.32g. Strack-391 (citing Oxford); Glasgow 1, pl. 67 (same dies). Obv: [FAVSTIN]A AVG - ANTONINI AVG Bust draped r. Rx: CONCOR - DIA AVG on l. and r., Concordia seated l., holding patera with r. hand and resting l. elbow on cornucopia that is placed on seat of chair behind her. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; acquired from Jonathan Kern, Dec. 1995. From the very rare first issue of denarii for Faustina I, on which Antoninus is not yet given the title P P (Father of his Country), which according to his own coinage he only accepted sometime in the course of 139 AD, the year after his succession. So Faustina's coinage apparently only began sometime in the course of that year, shortly before Antoninus accepted the title P P.. aVF Estimate: 175 USD |  |
