398, Lot: 557. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and/or Commodus. Draped bust right / Salus seated left, holding patera from which she feeds snake coiled about altar, resting arm on back of chair. RIC III 672a (Commodus); MIR 18, 17-6a; Banti 14; E. Biaggi,
Le Preziose Patine Dei Sesterzi Di Roma Imperiale, 424 (this coin). VF, attractive dark green patina.