Triton XVIII, Lot: 1112. Estimate $10000. Sold for $10500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.12 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA AVGVS TA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / Ceres standing left, holding lighted torch in right hand and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 403 (Pius); Strack 414; Calicó 1737 = Biaggi 833; BMCRE 338 (Pius). Near EF. Very rare.