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366, Lot: 32. Estimate $300.
Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (21mm, 6.77 g, 6h). Indian imitation. IIIIII(retrograde C)III(retrograde C)I CIIIIIOIIII, draped bust right / OIV+(retrograde C) CIVII, female figure standing facing, head left, raising both hands. Cf. RIC III 357; cf. Calicó 1758 (both refs for type); cf. Turner pl. III 166 (for obv.). Good Fine, trace of deposits, chipped flan, evidence of possible prior mounting.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.