594 595
594
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), Æ 29mm., 21.36g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck at Gaza, Judaea, AD 156-157.
Bust facing right, laureate and draped. Rev.
ΓAZA
, veiled and turreted head of Tyche facing right, date
ZIC
(= year 217 of the local era) on left, city monogram on right (BMC 153, 70; SNG ANS 929). Dark olive green
patina with reddish deposits, good very fine.
$ 350
595
Divus Antoninus Pius (d. AD 161), Æ Sestertius, 26.78g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck under Marcus Aurelius,
AD 162.
DIVVS ANTONINVS
bare head facing right. Rev.
DIVO PIO, S-C
, column, surmounted by a statue
of Antoninus Pius (RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 1269; BMC 880; C 354; RCV 5199). Short crack in flan, dark
patina, good very fine.
Scarce
.
$ 500
ex Numismatic Ars Classica, Auction P, 12 May 2005, lot 2063
596
Diva Faustina Snr (wife of Antoninus Pius, d. AD 141), Gold Aureus, 6.92g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck
AD 141-161.
DIVA FAVSTINA
, bust facing right, draped. Rev.
AVGV-STA
, Ceres standing left, holding a long
torch and a sceptre (RIC 356a; Calicó 1763a; BMC 395; C 95; RCV 4553). Very fine.
$ 2,500
597 598
597
Diva Faustina Snr (wife of Antoninus Pius, d. AD 141), Silver Denarius, 3.3g. Mint of Rome, under Antoninus
Pius, c.AD 141-146.
DIVA FAV-STINA
, draped bust facing right. Rev.
AVGV-STA
, Ceres standing facing, head
left, holding grain-ears and long torch (RIC 360; Strack 474; BMC 408; RSC 78). Well struck and well centred
with delicate golden toning, superb extremely fine.
$ 300
598
Diva Faustina Snr (wife of Antoninus Pius, d. AD 141), Æ Sestertius, 28.44g, 6h. Mint of Rome, struck after
AD 147.
DIVA FAVSTINA
bust facing right, draped. Rev.
AVGVSTA, S-C
, Ceres standing left, holding corn-
ears and a torch (RIC 1116; BMC 1509; C 79; RCV 4614). Dark patina, good portrait, about extremely fine,
in an unusually fine state of preservation.
$ 750
ex H D Rauch, Auction 73, 17-19 May 2004, lot 669
