Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Live Auction 6 | Auction date: 25 March 2023 |
Lot number: 105 | |
Lot description: Faustina II (wife of M. Aurelius) Æ 21mm of Ilium, Troas. Circa AD 161. ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝ СЄΒΑС, draped bust to right / ΙΛΙЄΩΝ, cult-statue of Athena of Ilium standing on short column to right, wearing kalathos, brandishing spear and holding spindle; before, cow standing to left. RPC IV.2 Online 106 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 396; BMC 54. 6.22g, 21mm, 6h. Good Very Fine; minor scrape to obv., attractive green patina. Scarce. From the collection of a Romanophile; Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 394; Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 3, 27 October 2018, lot 153 (hammer: CHF 320). Estimate: 200 GBP |