Triton XVII, Lot: 731. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.78 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-175. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right, wearing tutulus of pearls / SALVTI AVGVSTAE, Salus enthroned left, feeding from patera held in her right hand a snake coiled around altar, resting left arm on throne back. RIC III 716 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-2a; Calicó 2073a (same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi 935 (same obv. die); BMCRE 151-2 (Aurelius). EF, lustrous.