LHS Numismatik AG > Auction 96 | Auction date: 8 May 2006 |
Lot number: 449 | |
Lot description: Aegium (Aigion) The coinage of Aegium under the Romans Estimate: CHF 150.00 Assarion (AE, 5.50 g, 22 mm, 6), c. later 160s-early 170s. FAVCTeINA CeBACTH Draped bust of Faustina II to right, her hair in a bun at the back. Rev. AIGIeWN Aphrodite, nude, standing facing, her head to right, arranging her hair with her right hand and covering her pudenda with her left; to right, dolphin at her left foot. Kroll 33.1 (this coin, illustrated). NCP, R XXIII (this coin). Extremely rare. Brown patina. Good fine. From the Griolet collection. |