Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1574. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175/6 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.81 gm). Struck 161-164 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Pulvinar, draped and ornamented, on which sit two infants vis-à-vis. RIC III 1665 var. (Aurelius; stars on reverse); MIR 27-6a; BMCRE 937 (Aurelius & Verus); cf. Cohen 193. VF, attractive even green patina, a hint of smoothing in fields. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1-3 May 1980), lot 774.