169, Lot: 255. Estimate $100. Sold for $211. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.55 g). Rome mint. Stuck after circa AD 146. Draped bust right / Faustina seated left, holding sceptre, in cart drawn by two elephants with riders left. RIC III 1113 (Antoninus Pius). Fine, green and brown patina, a few cleaning marks.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection.