CNG 96, Lot: 809. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVΛ FΛVSTINΛ, draped bust right, wearing elaborate coiffure / ΛVGV STΛ, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder on globe. RIC III 372 (Pius); Beckman dies df22/AF13; Strack 465; Calicó 1761a; BMCRE 447-8; Biaggi 836. EF, lustrous, traces of deposits, a tiny scratch on reverse.