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Auction: 11024 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 287

Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius (d.141), Denarius, Rome, after 147, bust right with elaborate hairstyle, diva-favstina, rev. avgv-sta, Ceres standing left holding corn ears and long torch (RIC 360, Sear 4582), good very fine Estimate £ 60-80 The obverse of this Roman Denarius is thought by many to have been the model for the bust of Queen Cynethryth on her coins - see lot 12.

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