Kavel 4396

Anonymous / Period of Antoninus Pius - AE Quadrans (3.49 g) - Bust of child Spring right, wearing garland and necklace of flowers / S C across field within floral wreath (RIC II pg. 219, 34 (Bacchus) / J. Van Heesch, 'Une représentation remarquable des quatre saisons sur semisses de l'époque antoninienne' in Studia Paulo Oblata Naster 3b / cf. C. 31, tessera) - a.XF, dark patina, rare, remarkable grade for issue. Attribution of this issue has been proven difficult: to Bacchus, Annius Verus (the deceased brother of the emperor Commodus) or as part of a series personifying the Four Seasons.