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CNG 100, Lot: 1887. Estimate $500.
Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ As (26mm, 12.83 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVΛ FΛVSTINΛ, draped bust right / ΛVGV S TΛ, Cybele, wearing ‘polos’ on head, seated left, holding drum and branch. Cf. RIC III 1123 (Sestertius). Good VF, dark green patina, minor marks and areas of slight porosity. Apparently unpublished type for a Dupondius or As of Diva Faustina.