Bertolami Fine Art - Riversdell Close 27, KT16 9JW Chertsey
Auction 87 - Ancient Coins Seconda sessione
Tuesday 15 December 2020 hours 14:00 (UTC +00:00)
Diva Faustina Maior, Sestertius struck under Antoninus Pius, Rome, after AD...
Diva Faustina Maior, Sestertius struck under Antoninus Pius, Rome, after AD 141; AE (g 23,90; mm 33; h 12); DIVA AVGVSTA - FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust r., hair coiled on top of head, Rv. CONSE - CRATIO, funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by charioteer in biga r.; in ex. S C. RIC 1135a; C 186.
Brownish tone, large flan; somewhat smoothed, otherwise extremely fine.