Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1575. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $925. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175/6 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.51 gm). Struck 161-164 AD. Draped bust right, pearls in hair / Salus seated left, holding patera from which she feeds snake coiled around altar. RIC III 1668a (Aurelius); MIR 30-6b; BMCRE 942 (Aurelius & Verus); Cohen 200 var. (diademed). Good VF, dark green-brown patina, slight double strike on reverse. ($750)

From the Michael Weller Collection.