Watch List notes:

Faustina Junior, Augusta, 147-175. Aureus (Gold, 22 mm, 6.84 g, 12 h), struck under Marcus Aurelius, Rome, 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Draped bust of Faustina Junior to right, her hair pulled back in waved bands and fastened in a low bun at the back of her head. Rev. SALVTI AVGVSTAE Salus seated left, feeding from patera held in her right hand serpent entwined around altar. Biaggi 935. BMC 151. Calicó 2075a. Cohen 198. MIR 18, 30-2b. RIC 716. With a pleasing portrait of the empress. Extremely fine.

Sold on behalf of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique, Switzerland, ex Lanz 125, 28 November 2005, 797.