Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1789. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (22.84 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right / Faustina, holding grain ears, seated left atop a triumphal chariot drawn left by two elephants with riders. RIC III 1140 (Pius); Banti 72. Near VF, brown surfaces, an area of red deposits on reverse. Rare.