318, Lot: 690. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGVSTA, Aeternitas (or Ceres), standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Calicó 1763a. VF, toned, faint hairlines, flan flaw on Faustina’s neck.