Two Superb Faustina Senior Aurei

Triton XVII, Lot: 710. Estimate $10000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AETER NITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera in right hand, long rudder in left. RIC III 349a (Pius); Strack 450; Calicó 1743; Biaggi 801; BMCRE 369 (Pius). Superb EF, toned with underlying luster.