Triton XXII, Lot: 1111. Estimate $20000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.36 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-152. FAVSTINA AVG ANTO NINI AVG PII FIL, draped bust right, with hair bound in pearls at back of head / CONCO RDIA ·, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia in left hand and bit of drapery in right. RIC III 500a (Pius); cf. Strack 500 (denarius); Calicó 2043; BMCRE 1078 note; Biaggi 917-8 var. (obv. legend). Superb EF, lustrous.