Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 138 18-19 May 2023
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Faustina II, daughter of A. Pius and wife of M. Aurelius.
Diva Faustina. Aureus after 176, AV 7.32 g. DIVAE FAVSTIN AVG – MATR CASTROR Veiled and draped bust r. Rev. CONSECRATIO Funeral pyre surmounted by biga. C –, cf. 81 (denarius). BMC –, cf. M. Aurelius 701 (denarius). RIC M. Aurelius 748 var. (not veiled). Mazzini dopo 81 (this coin). Calicó 2050 (this coin). Biaggi 925 (this coin).
Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Minor marks
on obverse at ten and eleven o'clock, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Bourgey 02 April 1914, Marquis De Traynel, 406; Glendining 09 March 1931, 1229; SBV Fixed Price List 1 January 1990, 9; Rauch 51, 1993, 260; Leu 83, 2002, 775; SBF Fixed Price List 1 September 1995, 15; SBV Fixed Price List 1 September 1996, 20; and NAC 46, 2008, 598 sales. From the Mazzini and Biaggi collections. This coin is illustrated in The Roman Aurei by X. E. Calicó.
Diva Faustina. Aureus after 176, AV 7.32 g. DIVAE FAVSTIN AVG – MATR CASTROR Veiled and draped bust r. Rev. CONSECRATIO Funeral pyre surmounted by biga. C –, cf. 81 (denarius). BMC –, cf. M. Aurelius 701 (denarius). RIC M. Aurelius 748 var. (not veiled). Mazzini dopo 81 (this coin). Calicó 2050 (this coin). Biaggi 925 (this coin).
Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known. Minor marks
on obverse at ten and eleven o'clock, otherwise extremely fine
Ex Bourgey 02 April 1914, Marquis De Traynel, 406; Glendining 09 March 1931, 1229; SBV Fixed Price List 1 January 1990, 9; Rauch 51, 1993, 260; Leu 83, 2002, 775; SBF Fixed Price List 1 September 1995, 15; SBV Fixed Price List 1 September 1996, 20; and NAC 46, 2008, 598 sales. From the Mazzini and Biaggi collections. This coin is illustrated in The Roman Aurei by X. E. Calicó.