Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1149. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta 147-175 AD. Æ Sestertius (7.21 gm, 7h). Struck 147-150 AD. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing stephane / VENERI GENETRICI, S C across field, Venus standing left, holding apple in her raised right hand and cradling swaddled infant in her left arm. RIC III 1386b (Antoninus Pius); Strack 1306Ta1; Banti 129; BMCRE 2145 (Antoninus Pius); Cohen 237. EF, dark-green patina with traces of brick-red. ($2000)

Ex Tkalec (29 February 2000), lot 281, where it realized CHF 3400 (expertly conserved since).