Triton XVIII, Lot: 1126. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVG PII ΛVG FIL, draped bust right / VE NVS, S C across lowerfield, Venus standing left, holding apple in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 1387 (Pius); Strack 1324; Banti 133; BMCRE 2186 (Pius). Good VF, brown surfaces. Attrractive young portrait of Faustina.
From the RAM Collection.