Details
LOT 3589
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust to right, with hair bound on top of head / AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and globe in outstretched right hand. RIC 348 (Pius); RSC 6; BMCRE 366. Near Very Fine. Cleaned.(3.77gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
