Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FDC.

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Lot: 777. Estimated: $ 15 000

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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINΛE ΛVG PII ΛVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing stephane, wearing hair bound in pearls at back of head / LAETITIΛE PV BLICΛE, Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding diadem in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC III 506c (Pius); Beckman, Faustina, Group I (dies fa6/LP2), a (this coin referenced and illustrating dies in plates); Calicó 2069a; BMCRE 1047; Biaggi 933. Lustrous. FDC. Struck with dies of artisitic merit, this coin is certainly among the finest, if not the finest known.

Ex Tkalec (22 April 2007), lot 236 (hammer CHF 18,000).

Faustina Junior’s coin portraits during her long reign as Augusta show clearly the rapid evolution in Roman feminine hairstyles in the second century AD. On this beautiful aureus struck under her father, Antoninus Pius, she resembles a young lady of the French imperial court of the early 1800s, demonstrating that Napoleon and his advisors were keenly aware of, and imitated, Imperial Roman styles.

The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session Three – Lots 674-990 will be held Wednesday morning, 11 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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