358, Lot: 350. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 22.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. Draped bust right / Vesta standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding long torch. RIC III 1130 (Antoninus Pius); Banti 52. Good VF, reddish-brown patina, minor porosity, gilt on obverse only, holed. Probably holed and gilded on the obverse for use as a pendant, most likely in antiquity.