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DEDICATIO AEDIS

294, Lot: 696. Estimate $750.
Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 141-161. Draped bust right / DEDICATIO AEDIS, frontal view of a hexastyle temple of Diva Faustina. RIC III 388 (Pius); RSC 191. Near EF, lightly toned. Rare.


From the RCM Collection. Ex Gemini II (10 January 2006), lot 454.

The type commemorates the dedication of the temple of Diva Faustina, which still stands today in the Roman Forum.