Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



Lot # 411 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$350 / Price 
Realized: US$425 

Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Silver denarius (3.49 gm). 
Rome. FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA, draped bust right, double band of pearls 
in hair / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing right, holding scepter and 
nude male child. BMCRE 91. Cohen 99. RIC 677. Mint state. 

This type may allude to the birth of the last of Faustina II’s many 
children c. 163 AD; see discussion by Hugh Preston in The Celator, 
October 1999, pp. 40-41. 

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 ... Lot 411 sold for high bid of $425 [ $488.75, or approx 377.80375 EUR, 249.2625 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.]Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) andFreeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)