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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2  5 January 2016
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Lot 556

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df1/CA12; Strack 469; Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); cf. Biaggi 812. Good VF, underlying luster.

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