Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-164.CNG Feature Auction 120 Roman Imperial, Gold Sold For $ 3 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.26 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-164. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right, wearing stephane / SΛLVTI ΛVGVSTΛE, Salus, draped, seated left on throne, resting left elbow on arm of throne and feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC III 717 (Marcus Aurelius); Beckmann, Faustina, (dies fm28/SA9); MIR 18, 30-2b Diad.; Calicó 2074; BMCRE 154 (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus); Biaggi 935 var. (no stephane). Minor edge scuffs. VF. |