Triton XVIII, Lot: 1110. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Strack 471; Calicó 1758 = Biaggi 807 var. (obv. legend break); BMCRE 405 (Pius). EF, lightly toned, minor edge scrape.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 93 (10 May 2005), lot 30.