Choice for Type

282, Lot: 279. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146/7-161. Draped bust right / Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch. RIC III 360 (Pius); RSC 78. EF. Well struck and lustrous.