Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 629. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (7.34 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust left, wearing stephane / AV-G-V-STA, Ceres standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357b (Pius); Strack -; Calicó 1759 var. (break in rev. legend); BMCRE 407 (Pius) var. (same). Near EF, underlying luster.

From the White Mountain Collection. Ex UBS 55 (16 September 2002), lot 1951.