CNG 106, Lot: 775. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. FAV STINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, wearing stephane and band of pearls / LAETITIAE PV BLICAE, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 506c (Pius – same obv. die as illustration); Calicó 2069 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 1047 (Pius – same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi 933 (same dies). Good VF, underlying luster.