Faustina II, AE27 of Ilion, Troas. AD 147-175. 

FAVCTINA CEBACT, draped bust right.
ILIEWN upwards in left field, cult image of Athena Ilias 
left, with kalathos, spear and distaff on a high, garlanded
 platform; before her a tree with a sacrificial cow
 suspended from it head uppermost; behind her the upper body 
of a man wearing an exomis (tunic), apparently sitting left 
in the tree, holding one of the cow's horns with his left 
hand and raising a knife in his right.

Bellinger T167; SNG München 249; von Fritze 69.

VF, minor scattered roughness. Highly interesting type.

254, Lot: 191. Estimate $300.
Sold for $575. 
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