Triton XVII, Lot: 728. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right, hair fastened in bun at back of head with string of pearls / IVNONI LUCINΛE, Juno standing left, extending right hand, holding child in left arm; a child standing to either side, raising right hand. RIC III 692 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 18-2a; Strack 520f; Calicó 2064; Biaggi 932 (same dies); BMCRE 116 (Aurelius and Verus). Near EF, toned.