431, Lot: 351. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antonia Minor. Augusta, AD 37 and 41. Æ Dupondius (28mm, 12.78 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 41-42. ANTONIA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Antonia right / Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left, holding simpulum. RIC I 92 (Claudius); von Kaenel Type 59. Good VF, green-brown patina, minor roughness on reverse. Attractive portrait.
Ex AMP Collection of Roman Numismatic Portraiture (NAC 98, 12 December 2016), lot 1057; Giessener Münzhandlung 103 (24 May 2000), lot 428; Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 998. Obverse illustrated on http://romancoins.info/ImaginesImperatorum-1.html.