104, Lot: 184. Estimate $200. Sold for $251. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Died 175 AD. Æ Protocontorniate (31mm, 27.64 gm). Draped bust right / SIDERIBVS RECEPTA, S C below, Diva Faustina, with veil flying overhead, driving flying biga right. RIC III 1717 (Aurelius); BMCRE 1591 (Aurelius); MIR 18, Fa66; Cohen 217. VF, dark brown patina, edges hammered. Rare.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack's, 1-3 May 1980), lot 1404; Duke of Argyll collection.