CNG 102, Lot: 1000. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Aurelius and Verus, AD 161-164. Draped bust right / Ceres seated left on cista, holding two grain ears and long torch. RIC III 1621 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 3-6b; Banti 25. VF, dark green to black patina.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica O (13 May 2004), lot 2029 (hammer 750 CHF).