Exceptional Original Struck Paduan by Cavino

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 462. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ “Medallion” (33.57 g, 7h). Paduan engraved by Giovanni Cavino, early-mid 16th century. FAVSTINA • AVG • ANTONINI • AVG • PII • FIL •, draped bust right, wearing hair bound up and tied with fillet / Faustina standing left with child standing behind, sacrificing over lighted altar; to left before altar, attendant standing left, holding simpulum; behind on either side, two female attendants; in background, statue of Neptune standing right with left foot on globe, holding trident and dolphin within hexastyle belvedere, of which four columns are visible; S C in exergue. Cf. Gnecchi Lucilla 13 and Crispina 5 (for rev. type); Klawans 2; Lawrence 59. EF, attractive olive-green and red brown patina.