A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

Roman Imperial Coinage, Faustina Junior, Sestertius, Rome, after 161, draped and diademed bust right, favstina avgvsta, rev. saecvli felicit, pulvinar on which are figures of two small children, two stars above, s c in field, 25.27g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1665; BMC 991; C 193; Sear 5302). Small crack in flan and abrasion before portrait, otherwise very fine or better, dusty olive-green patina £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: Seaby List M228, July 1934 (17473).

The children on the reverse are believed to be the future emperor Commodus and his twin brother Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus, who died in 165, aged four