MYSIA, Apollonia ad Rhyndacum. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (30mm, 18.07 g, 7h).Electronic Auction 487 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 1 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MYSIA, Apollonia ad Rhyndacum. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ (30mm, 18.07 g, 7h). Draped bust right / Apollo standing left, leaning on spear; serpent-entwined tree to left. AMNG IV 258 = RPC IV.2 Online 441 (same dies); SNG BN 105 var. (arrangement of rev. legend; same obv. die). Earthen green patina, minor pitting. Good VF. Extremely rare, RPC cites the Berlin coin as the only example of this pair, none in CoinArchives. Finer than the RPC specimen. |