Watch List notes:

Faustina Junior, Augusta, 147-175. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.28 g, 6 h), Rome, circa 161-164. FAVSTINA AVGVSTA Draped bust of Faustina Junior to right. Rev. HILARITAS Hilaritas standing front, head to left, holding palm frond in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left. Adda 317 (this coin). BMC 98. Calicó 2057. Cohen 110. RIC 684. A beautiful piece, lustrous and with a splendid portrait. Small cut on the obverse edge, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the Adda Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 119 (with Jesús Vico), 6 October 2020, 118 and ex Christie's, 8 October 1984 ('Property of a Lady'), 119.