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CICF Signature Sale 3032 10-12 April 2014
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Diva Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius (died AD 141). AV aureus (20mm, 7.24 gm, 6h). Rome, after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / PIE-TAS AVG, Pietas, draped and veiled, standing left, holding pyxis in left hand and dropping incense with right hand onto lighted candelabrum. RIC (Antoninus) 395a. BMCRE 335 (Antoninus). Cohen -. Calicó 1796. A lovely piece, well struck and lustrous. NGC (photo-certificate) Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, December 1992), lot 3036.
Estimate: 6000-7500 USD
Diva Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius (died AD 141). AV aureus (20mm, 7.24 gm, 6h). Rome, after AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / PIE-TAS AVG, Pietas, draped and veiled, standing left, holding pyxis in left hand and dropping incense with right hand onto lighted candelabrum. RIC (Antoninus) 395a. BMCRE 335 (Antoninus). Cohen -. Calicó 1796. A lovely piece, well struck and lustrous. NGC (photo-certificate) Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, December 1992), lot 3036.
Estimate: 6000-7500 USD