CNG 105, Lot: 910. Estimate $7500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing band of pearls around head / V E NVS, Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder. RIC III 517c (Pius); Calicó 2097b (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 1063 (Pius); Biaggi 941. Near EF, light scratches. Charming portrait in fine style.