Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 640. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ As (10.68 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / LAETI-TIA, S C across field, Laetitia standing facing, head left, holding wreath in right hand and transverse scepter in left. RIC IV 1656 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 21-7b; BMCRE 988 (Aurelius and Verus). EF, attractive blue-green and green-brown patina, traces of deposits.