ANCIENT ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS - FAUSTINA II (WIFE OF MARCUS AURELIUS) - VENUS SESTERTIUS 145-146 AD Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL legend with draped bust right, hair in a bun behind her head. Rev: VENVS legend around with S-C to fields and Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. 22.59 grams. [No Reserve] Condition Good fine. Extremely rare; unpublished variant. Provenance With old collector ticket. Published See Wildwinds.com (this coin). Literature RIC 1388 variant (obverse legend); BMCRE 2147-2150 variant (obverse legend); BMCRE 2168 variant (this obverse legend but Venus holding apple and sceptre); BMCRE 2160-2163 variant (dupondius); Cohen 269 variant (obverse legend).
ANCIENT ROMAN IMPERIAL COINS - FAUSTINA II (WIFE OF MARCUS AURELIUS) - VENUS SESTERTIUS 145-146 AD Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL legend with draped bust right, hair in a bun behind her head. Rev: VENVS legend around with S-C to fields and Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. 22.59 grams. [No Reserve] Condition Good fine. Extremely rare; unpublished variant. Provenance With old collector ticket. Published See Wildwinds.com (this coin). Literature RIC 1388 variant (obverse legend); BMCRE 2147-2150 variant (obverse legend); BMCRE 2168 variant (this obverse legend but Venus holding apple and sceptre); BMCRE 2160-2163 variant (dupondius); Cohen 269 variant (obverse legend).
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