Lot 4397

AR Denarius (Rome, struck under Antoninus Pius AD 141-146) - Draped bust right / PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE Official seated left on a platform, leaning forward to hand rolled document to young girl being held aloft towards him by man standing right before the platform; second official standing left behind the first, pointing towards the document; directly below the officials, second citizen bending to lift up second girl in order to present her to the officials (RIC III 399a (Pius) / RSC 262) - VF, toned, a very rare coin. The reverse of this coin commemorates the Girls of Faustina, a young women’s charity established by Antoninus in memory of his late wife.