335, Lot: 501. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lucilla. Augusta, AD 164-182. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 24.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161-162. Draped bust right / Vesta standing left, sacrificing from simpulum over altar with right hand, cradling palladium in left arm. RIC III 1779 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 21-6a; Banti 47. VF, dark green-brown patina, edge splits, minor smoothing.
From the JDW Collection, purchased privately from Dr. Arnold Saslow, August 2003.