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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Faustina Junior, Sestertius, Rome, after 161, draped bust right with elaborately braided hair, favstina avgvsta, rev. matri magnae, Cybele seated right holding drum, lions by throne, s c in exergue, 20.85g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1663; BMC 932; C 169; Sear 5281). Edges a little ragged, otherwise very fine or better, dark glossy patina, scarce
£200-300
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Provenance: J. Campion Collection, Glendining Auction, 30 November-2 December 1937, lot 228; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 189
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Faustina Junior, Sestertius, Rome, after 161, draped bust right with elaborately braided hair, favstina avgvsta, rev. matri magnae, Cybele seated right holding drum, lions by throne, s c in exergue, 20.85g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1663; BMC 932; C 169; Sear 5281). Edges a little ragged, otherwise very fine or better, dark glossy patina, scarce
£200-300
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Provenance: J. Campion Collection, Glendining Auction, 30 November-2 December 1937, lot 228; E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 189