Watch List notes:

Faustina II. Denarius; Faustina II; Rome, c. 156 AD, Denarius, 3.48g. Strack-510, C-181 corr., BMC p. 165 note, RIC-508c. Obv: [FAV]STINA AVG - PII AVG FIL Bust draped r. Rx: PVDI - CITIA Pudicitia/Pietas, veiled, standing l. dropping incense on lighted altar. From the Philip Ashton Collection, ex Berk 152, 23 December 2007, lot 289. An unusual reverse type with legend PVDICITIA, but type of Pietas, and rare with the normal AVGVSTA in obverse legend abbreviated to just AVG. There was only one such specimen in Reka Devnia hoard, listed as C-183; Strack-510 records that same hoard coin in Sofia and two others, in Munich and Berlin.Portrait in high relief. . MS

Estimate: $340