Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.82 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Sestertius Series 1, under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 140-141. Good Fine.

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Lot: 608. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.82 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Sestertius Series 1, under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 140-141. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Eagle flying upward to left, carrying Faustina, holding scepter and starry mantle over head. RIC III 1134; Beckmann dies daf2/E6; Banti 60 (same rev. die as illustration). Red cuprite and dark brown patina, rough, pitted surfaces, areas of smoothing. Good Fine.

Ex Dix Noonan Webb 184 (3 November 2020), lot 545.


Closing Date and Time: 20 March 2024 at 13:22:20 ET.

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