Faustina II (wife of M. Aurelius) Æ 21mm of Ilium, Troas. Circa AD 161. ΦΑVСΤΕΙΝ СЄΒΑС, draped bust to right / ΙΛΙЄΩΝ, cult-statue of Athena of Ilium standing on short column to right, wearing kalathos, brandishing spear and holding spindle; before, cow standing to left. RPC IV.2 Online 106 (temporary); SNG Copenhagen 396; BMC 54. 6.22g, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine; minor scrape to obv., attractive green patina. Scarce.
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 54, 28 February 2019, lot 394;
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 3, 27 October 2018, lot 153 (hammer: CHF 320).