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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 546

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 7000 USD
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Faustina Senior. Augusta, AD 138-140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.34 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius. FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG P P, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / IVNONI REGINAE, throne, ornamented and draped, on which lies a wreath; hassock below; to left, peacock standing left, head right; to right, basket of fruit; nearly vertical scepter leaning against throne to right. RIC III 332 (Pius); Strack 397α (Pius); Calicó 1792 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 44 (Pius; same dies); Biaggi 825 (this coin). Flan flaw on obverse, a few light scratches on reverse. Good VF. Rare.

Ex collection of a retired banker (Numismatica Ars Classica 114, 6 May 2019), lot 707; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 49, 21 October 2008), lot 256.
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