Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1150. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius and wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta 147-175 AD. AV Aureus (7.39 gm, 5h). Struck circa 161-176 AD. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / FECVNDITA-TI AVGVSTAE, Fecunditas seated right on ornate stool, feet on footstool, cupping right breast with right hand and holding young male child, who turns to view her while reaching out right hand for her breast, on her right knee with her right hand; child standing right in left field, holding laurel branch in outstretched right hand; older child standing left in right field, extending right hand to touch young male child's knee. RIC III 679 (Marcus Aurelius); MIR 18, 12-2a; BMCRE pg. 399, * (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus); Calicó 2056; Cohen 105. Superb EF. ($10,000)