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Nomos 8

22 October 2013
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 15000 CHF
Hammer Price:  28000 CHF
Lot 231

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Aureus (Gold, 19mm, 7.50 g 6), Rome, 147-152. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL Draped bust of Faustina to right, wearing a pearl diadem and with her hair bound with pearls into a bun at the back. Rev. VENERI GENETRICI Venus standing left, extending her right hand and holding a long scepter in her left. BMC note to 1057. Calicó 2079a. Cohen -. Kent / Hirmer 237 (same dies). RIC -. A lovely coin with a beautiful portrait of the young Augusta. Virtually as struck.


From an American collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011, 1023, Numismatica Ars Classica 41, 20 November 2007, 101 and from the collection of M. F. Price, Stack’s, 3 December 1996, 202.

Online bidding closes: 22 Oct 2013, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 11:22:49 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:28000 CHF

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