Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 641. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (21.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, S C in exergue, Salus seated left, feeding out of patera in right hand a snake coiled around and rising from altar, resting left arm on side of chair. RIC III 1667 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-6a; Banti 104; BMCRE -. EF, attractive dark green patina, traces of porosity.