87, Lot: 125. Estimate $75. Sold for $87. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FAUSTINA JR., wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 145-175 AD. Æ As (28mm, 17.41 gm). Draped bust right / Fecunditas standing left, holding infants in arms; pair of children on either side at feet. RIC III 1675 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 31-7(a); Cohen 223. Near VF, dark green and red patina.
From the Lakeview Collection.
Struck on an unusually heavy flan