Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1148. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta 147-175 AD. Æ Medallion (51.20 gm, 12h). Struck 147-150 AD. FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust left / Anepigraphic, Venus standing facing, holding long sceptre in right hand and apple in her raised left hand; Cupid standing right atop garlanded and panelled cippus in left field, holding arrow in right hand and unstrung bow in left hand; pair of doves perched on ornate basin on columnate stand in right field; left dove drinking, right dove looking at Venus. Gnecchi II pg. 40, 12 and pl. 67, 7/10 (obv./rev.); Strack -; Banti 151; Toynbee -; Dressel -; BMCREM -; MRV -; MFA-; Froehner -; Cohen 290. Good VF, black surfaces with coppery highlights, minor hairline flan crack. Very rare. ($10,000)