TROAS, Ilium. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (26mm, 9.23 g, 12h).Electronic Auction 469 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Ilium. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (26mm, 9.23 g, 12h). Draped bust right; c/m: helmeted bust of Athena right within circular incuse / Zeus, in the form of an eagle, facing, head right, spreading his wings, abducting nude Ganymede with Phrygian cap and lagobolon, facing, head left. RPC IV.2 Online 11274; Bellinger –; for c/m: Howgego 186. Brown surfaces, some obverse roughness. Fine. Extremely rare, only one specimen cited by the authors of RPC (Gorny & Mosch 181, lot 1767). |