430, Lot: 377. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. AV Aureus (19.7mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-152. FAVSTINAE AVG P II AVG FIL, draped bust right, with band around head / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple in her extended right hand, cradling swaddled infant in her left arm. RIC III 512c (Pius); Calicó 2082; Biaggi 937 (same dies). VF. Nice style.