331, Lot: 284. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.50 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. Draped bust right, with strings of pearls in hair / Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III 517c (Pius); RSC 266a. Good VF, a few hairline scratches.