Details
LOT 3596
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe and lifting hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). Near Very Fine.(26.04gr, 35mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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