Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 92 Part 1 23-24 May 2016
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Faustina I, wife of Antoninus Pius
Diva Faustina. Dupondius after 141, Æ 14.51 g. DIVA – FAVSTINA Draped bust r., hair waved and coiled on top of head. Rev. AVGV – STA Ceres standing l., holding torch and sceptre; in field, S – C. C 89. BMC A. Pius 1568. RIC A. Pius 1171.
A magnificent portrait and a lovely dark green patina,
extremely fine / about extremely fine
Ex Tkalec, October 1994, 216 and Strnberg XXVIII, 1995, 116 sales.