128, Lot: 389. Estimate $100. Sold for $62. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FAUSTINA JUNIOR, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175/6 AD. Æ As or Dupondius (25mm, 12.17 gm, 12h). Struck under Marcus Aurelius circa 154-157 AD. Draped bust right / Fecunditas standing facing, head left, holding two infants; two children stand to either side below. RIC III 1636 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 10-7a; BMCRE 977 (Aurelius); Cohen 97. VF, dark green-brown patina, some smoothing. 

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.