Watch List notes:

Faustina II; Rome, c. 148 AD, Aureus, 7.22g. Bust variety of Strack-495, BM-1063, C-260 (40 Fr.), RIC-517b, and Calico-2097c. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG - PII AVG FIL Bust draped r. wearing stephane, band of pearls, and Strack's coiffure a. Rx: VE - NVS Venus standing l. holding apple and rudder, dolphin coiled around rudder. Ex Heritage ANA Sale 3033, 8 August 2014, lot 23085 (Jonathan K. Kern Collection; there in NGC capsule with grade "AU 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style"). Apparently very rare with portrait wearing stephane. This variety is not in the standard references, since the specimen apparently described by RIC-517b actually has no stephane. CoinArchives Pro includes only two examples of this aureus with stephane: our actual coin, and one other from the same obverse die. . Near Mint State (18500)