Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Faustina II (daughter of A. Pius) AV Aureus. Rome, AD 138-161. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right, with a double band of pearls around head / VENVS, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple and rudder, around which dolphin entwined. RIC III 517c (Pius); C. -; BMCRE 1064 (Pius); Calicó 2097b. 7.22g, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.
The presence of Venus on the reverse is probably unsurprising given Faustina's reported beauty, and this association with the goddess and the nobility of her bearing are a most fitting portrayal of the future empress who during thirty years of marriage to Marcus Aurelius bore him thirteen children.
Extremely Fine.
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.
The presence of Venus on the reverse is probably unsurprising given Faustina's reported beauty, and this association with the goddess and the nobility of her bearing are a most fitting portrayal of the future empress who during thirty years of marriage to Marcus Aurelius bore him thirteen children.