CNG 100, Lot: 1883. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVΛ ΛVG FΛVSTINΛ, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / ΛET ER NITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder set on globe. RIC III 349b (Pius); Beckman dies daf29/AC8; Strack 420α (Pius); Calicó 1746 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 285 (Pius); Biaggi 803 (same obv. die). EF, lustrous.