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Electronic Auction 388  14 December 2016
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Lot 433

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 550 USD
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Draped bust right / PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE, official seated left on a platform, leaning forward to hand rolled document to a young girl being held aloft toward him by a man standing before the platform; second official standing left behind the first, pointing toward the document; directly below the officials, second citizen bending to lift up second girl in order to present her to the officials. RIC III 399a (Pius); RSC 262. VF, toned, light mark on Faustina's cheek, weakly struck on the reverse. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 233 (6 October 2015), lot 2375.

The reverse of this piece commemorates the Girls of Faustina, a young women's charity established by Antoninus in memory of his late wife.
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