Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Diva Faustina I, wife of Antoninus Pius.
Aureus after 141, AV 7.22 g. DIVA – FAVSTINA Draped bust r., her hair bound with pearls and piled on top of her head. Rev. AVG – V – S – TA Ceres standing facing, veiled head l., holding torches in her upraised hands. C 75. BMC A. Pius 403. RIC 357A. Biaggi 811 (this coin). Calicó 1770 (this coin).
A coin in exceptional state of preservation. A pleasant portrait and a very
elegantly engraved reverse die. Virtually as struck and Fdc
Ex Leu 45, 1988, 338 and Leu 71, 1997, 392 sales. From the Biaggi collection (privately purchased from Cahn in 1950).
Aureus after 141, AV 7.22 g. DIVA – FAVSTINA Draped bust r., her hair bound with pearls and piled on top of her head. Rev. AVG – V – S – TA Ceres standing facing, veiled head l., holding torches in her upraised hands. C 75. BMC A. Pius 403. RIC 357A. Biaggi 811 (this coin). Calicó 1770 (this coin).
A coin in exceptional state of preservation. A pleasant portrait and a very
elegantly engraved reverse die. Virtually as struck and Fdc
Ex Leu 45, 1988, 338 and Leu 71, 1997, 392 sales. From the Biaggi collection (privately purchased from Cahn in 1950).