288, Lot: 423. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ As (28mm, 10.09 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. Draped bust right / Vesta holding patera and lighted torch, sacrificing over altar. RIC III 1187 (Pius). VF, patina stripped, partially retoned.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.