220, Lot: 389. Estimate $300. Sold for $725. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MESOPOTAMIA, Uncertain (Carrhae or Edessa). Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Drachm (17mm, 2.84 g, 11h). Draped bust right / Female figure standing facing, head left, holding phiale(?) over altar and long scepter; blundered legend around. BMC - (but same obv. die as 6); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Righetti -; SNG Hunterian -. VF, lightly porous. A rare and interesting specimen.