Watch List notes:

Faustina II. Billon Tetradrachm, 12.44g (1h). Alexandria, Year 20 = 156/7 AD. Obv: ΦAYCTINA - CEBACTH Bust draped right. Rx: Antoninus Pius on horse pacing right; the emperor is laureate, wears military dress with flying cloak, raises right hand in greeting, and carries slanting spear visible behind his head; date L - K across field. Dattari-Savio pl. 170, 9077 (same dies). Emmett 1941/20 (R5, "highest rarity", citing the Dattari spec.). Not in Cologne, BMC, or Oxford. An interesting type, very rare for Faustina II, which also occurs on tetradrachms of Antoninus Pius and of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar with the same date, Year 20. VF

Ex Peter Lowrek Collection