Ex Biaggi Collection

Triton XX, Lot: 761. Estimate $15000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINΛ ΛVG P II ΛVG FIL, draped bust left, hair waved and coiled on back of head / CONCORDIΛ, dove standing right. RIC III 503b (Pius); Calicó 2044b (this coin illustrated); BMCRE 1090 var. (break in rev. legend); Biaggi 920 (this coin). Choice EF, lustrous. Struck with dies of artistic merit.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 387; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 920.