CNG 100, Lot: 1886. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG V STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Beckmann dies df190/CB7; Strack 471α (Pius); Calicó 1758; BMCRE 403 (Pius); Biaggi 811 var. (break in rev. legend). Near EF, wonderful reddish-gold toning, underlying luster, traces of deposits on reverse.