Ex Hirsch 201, 1998
808. Faustina II (daughter of A. Pius) AV Aureus. Rome, AD 145. FAVSTINA AVG P II AVG FIL, draped bust to left, wearing hair fastened in bun at back of head / CONCORDIA, dove standing to right. RIC III 503b (Pius); Strack 507; Biaggi 922 (same obv. die); BMCRE 1090 (Pius); Calicó 2044c (same obv. die). 7.17g, 19mm, 5h. Good Very Fine.
3,500
Ex Frank Reinhardt Collection; Privately purchased from Marc Walter Ancient Coins, 2017; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 205, 22 September 1999, lot 868; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 203, 24 February 1999, lot 592; Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 201, 25 September 1998, lot 710.
809. Faustina II (daughter of A. Pius) AV Aureus. Rome, AD 147-152. FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding hem of skirt and cornucopiae. RIC III 500a (Pius) var. (obv. legend); BMCRE 1078 note (Pius); Biaggi 918 var. (obv. legend); Calicó 2043 var. (Concordia looking to right); CNG 108, 642 = NAC 92, 598; G&N 10, 515. 7.36g, 21mm, 6h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare; possibly one of only three such variants known.
5,000
From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.
810. Lucius Verus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 161. IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG, bare head to right, aegis on far shoulder / CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TR P, togate figures of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing facing each other, clasping hands; COS II in exergue. RIC III 453; C. 46; BMCRE 32; Calicó 2115. 7.19g, 20mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Scarce.
3,500
From a private UK collection.
811. Lucius Verus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 165. L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH PAX, laureate head to right / TR P V IMP III COS II, captive Parthian seated to right, hands bound behind back, arms before. RIC III 540; BMCRE 385; RSC 273. 3.32g, 19mm, 6h. Near Mint State.
300
Ex Numismatik Naumann, Auction 94,4 October 2020, lot 612.
273