Triton XIX, Lot: 556. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.03 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 / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df1/CA12; Strack 469; Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); cf. Biaggi 812. Good VF, underlying luster.