CNG 90, Lot: 1576. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III 517a (Pius); RSC 266. Superb EF, bright surfaces.