CNG 84, Lot: 1047. Estimate $300. Sold for $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 22.71 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right / Vesta standing left, holding long torch and sacrificing with patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC III 1130 (Pius); Banti 52. VF, attractive green patina, minor roughness on reverse.

From the Elliott-Kent Collection. Ex Alain Lagrange Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 1484; Giessener Münzhandlung 36 (8 April 1987), lot 485.