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E-Sale 69  16 Apr 2020
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Lot 997

Estimate: 500 GBP
Price realized: 800 GBP
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Faustina II (wife of M. Aurelius) Æ Medallion. Rome, AD 161-175. FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust left / Cybele enthroned facing, holding branch and tympanum, with Attis standing facing to her left holding syrinx, and pine tree to her right from which cymbals hang, all flanked by lions to left and right, facing inwards; S-C across fields. Gnecchi 21, pl. 68, 7 (same dies); C. 295. 47.16g, 40mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine; corrosion to rev. Extremely Rare.

From a private US collection;
Ex 'R. J. Graham' (Paul Tinchant) Collection, J. Schulman, Auction 243, 8 June 1966, lot 2469, plate 34.
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