Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 783. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, daughter of Antoninus Pius, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.21 g, 12h). Struck 161-164 AD. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Juno standing left holding patera and sceptre; peacock at her feet. RIC III 1651 var. (Aurelius; no stephane); MIR 18, 19-6b diad.; BMCRE 922 (Aurelius); Cohen 142 var. (same). Good VF, dark brown patina, light smoothing in fields. ($400)