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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 1096

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df87/CA15; Strack 469α (Pius); Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); Adda 243; cf. Biaggi 812; Mazzini 95. Lightly toned, lustrous, edge split. Superb EF.
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