116, Lot: 292. Estimate $400. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.91 g). Diademed and draped bust right / Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand, left hand set on shield resting on helmet; shield decorated with Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm. RIC III 1688 var. (Aurelius, shield decoration); cf. MIR 18, 40-6(a); BMCRE 960 var. (Aurelius, same); Cohen 283. Nice VF, brown patina with some green encrustation.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

An interesting reverse type that is found with a variety of shield decorations on the reverse: she-wolf suckling twins, the Dioscuri, Aeneas with Anchises, and Victory. The shield with Victory appears to be unrecorded.