321, Lot: 539. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-164. Draped bust right, wearing a double circlet of pearls / Fecunditas standing facing, head right, holding scepter and child. RIC III 677 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 9-4/14; RSC 99c. Good VF, toned with some iridescence on the obverse, light scratch beneath Faustina’s chin, minor roughness on reverse. Attractive portrait.

Ex Künker 182 (14 March 2011), lot 740.