148-149 AD, Faustina junior, Rome mint, Denarius, RIC 517.

Faustina junior, Rome mint, 148-149 AD.,
Denarius (19-20 mm / 2.96 g), silver, axis coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: FAVSTINAE AVG - PII AVG FIL , draped bust of Faustina minor right, with Strack's coiffure "b," double circlet of pearls in hair, artistical and elaborate portrait.
Rev.: VE - NVS , Venus standing left, holding apple and rudder, dolphin coiled around rudder.
RIC III 517a (Antoninus Pius) ; Strack 495 ; BMC 1074 ; Coh. 266b (3 fr.) ; RSC II 266 .

Dark patina with few uncleaned layers in fields and at lettering,
Ex auction Knopek 49 (ca. 1990s), Köln, no. 79338

Same obverse die as Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 114, lot 101 (16.06.2022), cf. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9621311