CNG 99, Lot: 650. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.69 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / ΛETER NITΛS, Fortuna, veiled and draped, standing left, holding patera and rudder set on globe. RIC III 349a (Pius); Beckmann dies df20/AC17; Strack 450α (Pius); Calicó 1743c; BMCRE 371 (Pius); Biaggi 802. EF, lustrous.