298, Lot: 281. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ As (27mm, 11.06 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right, band of pearls in hair / Hilaritas standing right, holding long palm branch. RIC III 1396b (Pius). VF, dark brown patina, metal flaw on obverse.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.