CNG 100, Lot: 1901. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-162. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust right / HIL Λ RITΛS, Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond and cornucopia. RIC III 684 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 15-2(b); Calicó 2057; BMCRE 98 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 929. EF, toned, a small area of die rust on obverse. Struck with artistic dies.

Ex Vinchon (23 April 1976), lot 241.