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Faustina I - RARE denarius STAR Aeternitas (N2501)
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- Model: aeternitas star denarius
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€ 299.00
Diva Faustina I (wife of A. Pius) AR Denarius. Rome, AD 140-141. DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, veiled and draped bust right / AETERNITAS, star of eight rays. RIC 355; RSC 63. 3.7 g, 19 mm
Very Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone, from the R.L. Collection, Purchased from Bourgey, Paris, 1932
The type shows the new star that was thought to have appeared in the heavens to indicate Faustina's deification.