Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1023. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (7.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple and rudder entwined by dolphin. RIC III (Pius) 517c; cf. Calicó 2096-7d. Good VF, underlying luster, light scratch on forehead, traces of earthen deposits.