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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1065

Roman Empire, Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, (AD 139-161), AR Denarii (6): i) Rome, struck 158-159, AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right, rev. TR POT XIII COS II, Virtus stepping on helmet right, holding spear and parazonium, 2.86g (RIC 480e; BMC 963 var.), some corrosion to reverse, near very fine; ii) another, as before, with a draped bust, 3.08g, deposits and verdigris, fine; iii) Faustina the Younger, struck under Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), AR Denarius, Rome, FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, draped bust right, rev. CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding cornucopiae and raising skirt, 3.15g (RIC 501; BMC 1078), deposits to surface, otherwise fine to good fine; iv) another, Possible Contemporary Plated Forgery (per BM Report), as before, but with Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting arm on cornucopiae, 2.57g (RIC 502a; BMC 1086), corroded to reverse, otherwise good to fine; v) another, as before, 2.52g, good fine or better; vi) another, as before, rev. VENVS, Venus standing left, 3.51g (RIC 517c; BMC 1091 var. (cf. BM 1946, 1004.149), fine or better; (6).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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