Aureus of Faustina Jr.

167, Lot: 161. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Wife of Marcus Aurelius, Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.22 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 165-170. Draped bust right / Salus seated left on throne, feeding from patera serpent arising from altar. RIC III 716 (Aurelius); Calicó 2073. VF, choice, well struck.