298, Lot: 280. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 22.63 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right, band of pearls in hair / Venus standing left, holding apple and anchor around which a dolphin is coiled. RIC III 1388a (Pius); Banti 135. VF, dark green patina, small edge split.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.