LYDIA, Sardis. Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ (36mm, 25.00 g, 6h). M. Cl. Fronton, asiarch of the Koinon of Asia and first strategos of Sardis. Struck circa AD 140-144.

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Lot: 229. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LYDIA, Sardis. Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ (36mm, 25.00 g, 6h). M. Cl. Fronton, asiarch of the Koinon of Asia and first strategos of Sardis. Struck circa AD 140-144. Draped bust right, wearing strings of pearls in her hair / Statue of emperor standing left, extending right hand and holding long scepter in left; within hexastyle temple, pellet in pediment. Kurth 439-40 corr. (reverse as ‘female figure’); RPC IV.2 Online 1426; SNG von Aulock 3154. Green and red-brown patina, edge chip, smoothing in fields. Near VF.


Closing Date and Time: 9 March 2022 at 11:16:00 ET.

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