321, Lot: 541. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 21.45 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-164. Draped bust right, wearing double ring of pearls / Salus seated left, resting left arm on side of chair, feeding from patera a serpent coiled around altar. RIC III 1668a (Aurelius); MIR 18, 30-6/14; Banti 106. VF, green patina with patches of red, rough surfaces.

Ex UBS 83 (8 September 2009), lot 258.