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Details
LOT 2932
Faustina II AE As. AD 161. Rome mint.
FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right / [PVDICITIA], Pudicitia seated to left, holding veil with right hand; in field, S C. RIC 1381; Cohen 186. Good Fine.(11.37gr, 26mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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