CNG 99, Lot: 647. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVΛ FΛV STINΛ, draped bust right / AVG V STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Beckmann dies df18/CB7; Strack 471α (Pius); cf. Calicó 1758; BMCRE 405 (Pius); cf. Biaggi 807-8. Good VF, toned, a couple tiny contact marks on obverse, traces of deposits.

Ex Roma VIII (28 September 2014), lot 1023.