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Lot 117. Faustina II AE Sestertius, Venus reverse

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Faustina II AE Sestertius, Venus reverse

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Bidding closed (Sunday, June 15th, 19:39:00 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, June 15th, 21:38:43 CEST

Price realised: CHF 320.00 (6 bids)
Approx. EUR 341.27 / USD 394.15 / GBP 290.57

High bidder: Bidder 3

eAuction #88, Lot 117. Estimate: CHF 200.00

Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD) for Faustina II. AE Sestertius (31-33 mm, 4.26 g), Rome, 147-149.
Obv. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, Draped bust to right, hair bound with a band of pearls.
Rev. VENVS / S-C, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple in her right hand and rudder entwined by a dolphin with her left.
RIC 1409a; BMC 2148.

Struck on a broad flan. Brown patina, good very fine.

From the Armin Mathis Collection, purchased privately from Frank Sternberg AG, Zurich, in 1982.



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