342, Lot: 579. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV-STINA, draped bust right, wearing band of pearls in hair / AVGV-STA, Ceres standing left, holding torch and scepter. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckman dies df8/CA4; Calicó 1763. VF, light marks, scrape on reverse.

From the Dr. Wolfgang Krämer Collection. Ex G. Hirsch 58 (19 June 1968), lot 3346.