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Triton XXI Sessions 1 & 2 9 Jan 2018
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Fourrée Aureus (21mm, 7.20 g, 6h). Contemporary counterfeit. Uncertain mint. DIΛ FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ RIII, draped bust right / COS IIII, emperor, togate, standing left, sacrificing over alter to left from patera held in extended right hand. Unpublished, but cf. Calico 2098a for a similar imitation likely struck with dies by the same engraver as the present piece. Near EF, as made. Fine style forgery, combining an obverse die modeled after Faustina Junior and a reverse die modeled after Antoninus Pius.
Like the similar style counterfeit above (lot 772), which is probably from the same workshop, this piece has been made to a weight approximating a genuine aureus. However, as the core consists of lighter base metal, the size (volume) of these counterfeits is noticeably larger than genuine aurei.
Like the similar style counterfeit above (lot 772), which is probably from the same workshop, this piece has been made to a weight approximating a genuine aureus. However, as the core consists of lighter base metal, the size (volume) of these counterfeits is noticeably larger than genuine aurei.