353, Lot: 521. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161-164. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Salus seated left, resting left arm on side of chair, feeding from patera a serpent coiled around altar. RIC III 1668 (Aurelius); MIR 18, Fa30-6/14; Banti 107-8. VF, dark brown surfaces, some porosity on the reverse.
From Group SGF.