436, Lot: 595. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right, wearing single circlet of pearls around head / Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III 517c (Pius); RSC 266a. Near EF, struck on a broad, somewhat irregular flan. With a charming portrait of the young princess.