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445, Lot: 456. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust of Faustina right, hair waved and fastened in a low bun / HILARITAS, Hilaritas draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand, a cornucopia in her left. RIC III 684; MIR 18, 15-2(b); Calicó 2057; BMCRE 98 (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus); Biaggi 929 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light surface and edge marks.


From a European collection formed prior to the First World War.