CNG 102, Lot: 983. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Hexastyle temple of Faustina on podium of five steps: in pediment, in center, woman standing front, extending right hand to child standing to left and holding vertical scepter in left; another child standing on right; children reclining in the angles; above, in center, facing quadriga, on corners, winged Victories holding round shields in both hands above their heads. RIC III 406A; Beckman dies daf20/T5; Strack 439α (Pius); Calicó 1740; BMCRE 330; cf. Biaggi 835. Good VF. Very rare reverse type.