Faustina II, AE Sestertius 33mm, 23.75 g. Rome mint. 
Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150. 

FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, hair bound by a 
strand of pearls and a narrow band.
VENUS S-C, Venus standing left, holding apple and anchor, around 
which a dolphin is coiled. 
RIC III 1388c (Pius). 
VF, green patina, fields lightly smoothed. An 
exceptional portrait bust with a very unusual and elaborate hair style. 	

With kind permission of www.edgarlowen.com, Oct. 2011.