Triton XIX, Lot: 573. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.67 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, circa AD 161. FΛVSTINΛ ΛVGVSTΛ, draped bust left, hair waved and fastened in bun on back of head / DIΛNΛ LVCIF, Diana Lucifera, wearing crescent on head, draped, standing left, holding transverse, lighted torch in both hands. RIC III 673 (same rev. die); MIR 18, 7-2/20a, pl. 4 (same obv. die); Calicó 2051 (same rev. die); BMCRE 86 (Aurelius and Verus); Biaggi 926 (same rev. die). Near EF, underlying luster, traces of earthen deposits on obverse, some marks on edge.