157, Lot: 86. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KOINON of CYPRUS(?) Faustina Senior, with Galerius Antoninus. Augusta, AD 138-140/1. Æ 27mm (7.08 g). Struck circa AD 140. Draped bust of Faustina right / Bare headed draped bust right of the infant Galerius Antoninus. Lindgren III 940; Cohen 2 (Galerius and Faustina) var. (veiled and draped bust of Faustina). Fine, porous green surfaces. Rare.
The only portrait coin of Galerius, son of Antoninus Pius, who died in infancy.