Egypt, Alexandria. Faustina Junior (wife of Marcus Aurelius), Augusta (147-175). Drachm (Bronze, 32.50 mm, 16.45 g). Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius = AD 148/9. ФAYCTINA CЄB CЄB ЄVCB CЄB ΘVΓA Draped bust right. Rev. L ΔωΔЄ KATOY Isis Pharia holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two tritons. Geissen-. Dattari-Savio 9114. K&G 38.41. RPC IV. 4. 1130. Emmett 1989.12. Extremely rare. Red-brown surfaces, roughness. Fine. From the Gregory collection. Ex CNG, E-Auction 536, 12.04.2023, lot 402. Important and valuable drachm of Faustina II Augusta rather circulated but of excellent style both on the obverse in the portrait of the empress and on the reverse with Isis Pharia sailing towards the lighthouse of Alexandria. It should be remembered that it was her father Antoninus Pius who conferred on her the imperial dignity in AD 147 at the birth of her eldest daughter Domitia Faustina, while her husband Marcus Aurelius remained Caesar until the death of his father-in-law in AD 161.