Lot 4168
Sale 135 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Thrace, Pautalia, Faustina Junior, (A.D. 147-175), AE 2, (6.09 g), obv. draped head to right of Faustina, around **F*AVCTEINA, rev. Athena seated left, holding Nike who has wreath in hand, around **[OV**LPIA*C] **PAUTALIA*C, (S.-, Varbanov 4461, Ruzicka 106). Deeply toned, good fine and very rare.
Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection.
Previously Triton III, lot 1662 (part). Ex Lord Grantley Collection, from AH Baldwin and Sons, Cornelius C Vermeule III Collection, sold Triton III, for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Passed in