Lot 3170
Faustina II. Silver Denarius (3.6 g), Augusta, AD 147-175. Rome, under Antoninus Pius, ca. AD 147-150. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust of Faustina II right, hair tied in bun at back of head, single circlet of pearls around. Reverse : V-E-NVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder placed on dove. RIC 515a; cf. Strack 520; cf. BMC 1067; RSC 261. Boldly struck with the portrait in high relief on a full flan, well centered and lustrous. Nearly Mint State.
Estimated Value $800 - 900.
Ex Tkalec (7 May 2009), 149.
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