225, Lot: 359. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.60 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161-175. Draped bust right / Venus seated left, holding Three Graces and scepter. RIC VI - (but cf. 732 for a similar aureus); RSC -; BMCRE p. 407, *; Staal p. 142. Fine, flan crack, holed and plugged. Extremely rare.

From the Mark Staal Collection of the Three Graces.