Ex Biaggi Collection

Triton XV, Lot: 1530. Estimate $15000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Senior. Augusta, AD 138-140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV STA, Aeternitas (or Ceres), veiled and draped, standing left, holding lighted torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Strack 471; Calicó 1758; Biaggi 808 (this coin); BMCRE 403-5 (Pius). Choice EF, lustrous and sharply struck.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 34 (21 November 2006), lot 26; Biaggi Collection, no. 808.