Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XII 29 September 2016
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Anonymous Æ Quadrans. Time of Domitian to Antoninus Pius. Rome, AD 81-161. Draped bust of Annius Verus right, as the personification of Winter / S•C within wreath. RIC 35. 3.70g, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Rare.
The head on the obverse has been identified as Annius Verus, a son of Marcus Aurelius (Cohen). Van Heesch, in Studia Paulo Naster Oblata I, pp. 193-197, distinguished four types of busts in the series, and connects them with representations of the four seasons, the bust on this coin being that of Winter.
Very Fine. Rare.
The head on the obverse has been identified as Annius Verus, a son of Marcus Aurelius (Cohen). Van Heesch, in Studia Paulo Naster Oblata I, pp. 193-197, distinguished four types of busts in the series, and connects them with representations of the four seasons, the bust on this coin being that of Winter.