Can't seem to find this coin....I'm really unsure as to what's being held on the reverse..Plus my Greek is awful....Help really appreciated..22mm/9 grams...Thanks Faustina II?
Think I found her???....@Romancollector.... Does the obverse legend fit? Faustina II, AE24 of Syedra, Cilicia. 6.90 g. AD 146-180. FAYCTINA CEBACTH, draped bust right; countermark: AK in square incuse (Howgego 514). CYEDREWN, Demeter walking right, holding two torches before her. SNG Pfalz 1193; SNG Levante 415; Reis 2.
Good job, I was just trying to identify it.... but I think it's Lucilla not Faustina (obv legend starts from the right). https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5843
To be honest, prices for provincials in average condition can vary a lot in auctions from what I've seen. There is no rule. I have provincials won with 20 EUR and I was willing to pay 50. I saw others going for 80 and my maximum bid (documented) was 20. It depends on who is there hunting the coin. I have my own strategy - if I see a coin I don't want badly in an auction, but it would fit nicely in my collection (like this coin), I bid less than I approximate the value. This was 80 EUR + fees in a 2020 Naumann auction This was 15 EUR in a 2019 Savoca auction I would say your example is a little worse than the first so the price would be correct.
@ambr0zie.....Thank you so much for your time.....Nice examples.... I'm a bit annoyed with myself for not checking Lucilla though... Feel free to post your coins of Lucilla everyone... Paul
I only have a Lucilla imperial coin. But I consider it one of my favorite denarii. Lucilla AD 164-182. Rome Denarius AR 18 mm., 2,89 g. Daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II, wife of Lucius Verus, sister of Commodus. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 786 Date Range: AD 164 - AD 180 LVCILLA AVGVSTA, bust of Lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right VENVS VICTRIX, Venus, draped with right breast bare, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground I paid 38 EUR + 17% fees in January 2021. Not a rarity or anything extremely special but I was willing to go a little higher.
Nice toning...... Lucilla Denarius...165-169 AD Rome 2.64g...18mm Obverse- LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right Reverse- VENVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and sceptre. RIC:784
