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Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Faustina I, Diva and Galerius Antoninus. AE 25-27, 16.06g (1h). . Obv: ΘEA ΦAY - CTEINA Veiled and draped bust of Diva Faustina right. Rx: Μ ΓΑΛEPIOC ANTWNINOC AYTOKPATOPOC ANTWNINOY YIOC Bare-headed and draped bust of Galerius Antoninus right. Cohen 2 (150 Fr.). Very rare and among the finest specimens known. Brown-green patina with minor corrosion and smoothing, otherwise Good VF/About EF
Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, lot 127. Ex Leu 75, 26-27 October 1999, lot 1525
The only surviving portrait of Antoninus Pius' son Galerius Antoninus, who died before Pius became emperor and whose epitaph from Hadrian's Mausoleum has come down to us, CIL VI 989. The style of this provincial issue proves that the dies used must have been cut by engravers of the mint of Rome
Ex NAC 45, 2 April 2008, lot 127. Ex Leu 75, 26-27 October 1999, lot 1525
The only surviving portrait of Antoninus Pius' son Galerius Antoninus, who died before Pius became emperor and whose epitaph from Hadrian's Mausoleum has come down to us, CIL VI 989. The style of this provincial issue proves that the dies used must have been cut by engravers of the mint of Rome