315, Lot: 434. Estimate $75. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.01 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Veiled and draped bust right / Faustina, holding torch and grain ears, seated left atop a triumphal chariot drawn left by two elephants with riders. RIC III 1140 (Pius); Banti 72. Near Fine, brown patina, light porosity. Rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.