CNG 85, Lot: 927. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and scepter. RIC III (Pius) 1047; Calicó 2069 (same obv. die as illustration, same rev. die as illustration of 2069a). Good VF, ex jewelry.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.