Sale: Triton V, Lot: 1997. Estimate $7500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002. Sold For $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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FAUSTINA Jr.., daughter of Antoninus Pius. AV Aureus (6.94 gm). Struck 149-152 AD. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, band of pearls in hair / VENER-I GENETRICI, Venus standing left, holding apple and a swadeled infant. RIC III 512a (Pius); BMCRE 1059 (Pius); Cohen 236. EF, an elegant and charming portrait. ($7500)
From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex Dieter Gorny Auktion 67 (2 May 1994), lot 537.