116, Lot: 291. Estimate $300. Sold for $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 26.05 g). Diademed and draped bust right / Salus seated left on throne, feeding from patera a serpent arising from altar. RIC III 1668 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-6(a); BMCRE 945 (Aurelius); Cohen 200. VF, brown patina with a trace of red encrustation, flan crack.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.