Triton XVI, Lot: 1091. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair elaborately waved and coiled, with bands across the head, drawn up at the back and piled in a round coil on top / AVG V STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Strack -; Calicó 1763 var. (legend placement); BMCRE 395 var. (Pius, same). Choice EF, lightly toned, underlying luster.