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E-Sale 97  26 May 2022
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Lot 746

Estimate: 50 GBP
Price realized: 130 GBP
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Faustina II (wife of M. Aurelius) Æ 21mm of Apamea, Phrygia. AD 147-175. ΦΑVϹΤЄΙΝΑ ϹЄΒΑϹΤ, draped bust to right / ΑΠΑΜЄΩΝ, Demeter standing, facing, head to left, holding ears of corn and long torch. RPC IV.2 Online 1437 (temporary) corr. (poppy and ears); cf. SNG Copenhagen 552 (ethnic uncertain, under Silandus). 6.38g, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Extremely Rare; RPC Online cites only two other examples, the attribution of one of which is uncertain.

From a private European collection.
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