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Details
LOT 2931
Faustina II AE Sestertius. Struck circa AD 161-164. Rome mint.
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNONI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; at feet to left, peacock standing to left, head to right; S C across fields. BMC 922; Cohen 142; MIR 19-6/b; RIC -, cf. 1651 (no diadem). Good Very Fine.(25.08gr, 33mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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