259, Lot: 339. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right / Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III (Pius) 517c; RSC 266a. Near EF, lustrous, a few flan splits. Lovely portrait.

Ex Gemini II (11 January 2006), lot 480.