CNG 88, Lot: 1348. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 27.36 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-164. Draped bust right, band of pearls in hair / Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and scepter. RIC III 1654 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 21-6b; Banti 82. Good VF, dark chestnut brown patina, some green deposits.

From the C.W. Pearson Collection.