ACHAEA, Aegium. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.50 g, 6h). Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Near VF.

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Lot: 407.
Closing Date: Jul 2 2025 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 200

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ACHAEA, Aegium. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Assarion (22mm, 5.50 g, 6h). Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Draped bust right / Aphrodite, nude, standing facing, head right, drawing veil from face and covering herself with her right hand; to right, dolphin swimming downward. Kroll 33.1 = RPC IV.1 Online 8104.1 = BCD Peloponnesos 449 = NCP, pl. R. XXIII (this coin). Dark brown patina, roughness, edge split. Near VF. This is the plate coin for each of the references cited. Very rare.

From the Kelly Ramage Collection. Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 449; Ernest Griolet Collection (1819-1908).


Closing Date and Time: 2 July 2025 at 12:15:20 ET.

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