112, Lot: 174. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Neapolis. Faustina Jr., wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. Æ 22mm (6.94 gm). Dated CY 88 (159/160 AD). Draped bust right / FL NEACPOLEW-C CYPIAC PALE-CT, ET PH (date) across field, cult-statue (Ephesian Artemis?) standing facing, wearing ornamental headdress; a stag to either side. Rosenberger 18 var. (year 87); Meshorer City-Coins, 132 var. (reverse legend, same obverse die); SNG ANS 978 var. (legends). Near VF, black patina under earthen encrustation.