Sale: Nomos 9, Lot: 246. Estimate CHF600.  Closing Date: Monday, 20 October 2014.  Sold For CHF480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior, died in 140/1. Denarius (Silver, 18mm, 3.45 g 6), Rome. DIVA FAVSTINA Draped bust of Faustina to right, her hair piled on top of her head and bound with pearls and jewels. Rev. AVGVSTA Ceres, veiled, standing facing her head to left, holding a long torch in her right hand and raising the hem of her drapery with her left. BMC 421. Cohen 104. Lustrous and well struck. Virtually as struck.

From an English collection.