CNG 91, Lot: 908. Estimate $15000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGV STA, Aeternitas (or Ceres), veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Calicó 1763a. Superb EF. Fully lustrous.