437, Lot: 446. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.60 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-164. Draped bust right, wearing double circlet of pearls around head / Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter; at feet to left, peacock standing left, head right. RIC III 1651; MIR 18, 19-6b; Banti 79. VF, green-brown patina.
From the Richard Baker Collection.