Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.40 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146.

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Lot: 383. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Sold For $ 180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.40 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by charioteer in biga right. RIC III 1135b (Pius); Banti 63. Rough red-brown and green patina, chipped in a few places, some deposits. VF.


Closing Date and Time: 12 February 2020 at 12:07:20 ET.

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