CNG 102, Lot: 985. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter with left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckman dies df53/CA5; Strack 469; Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); Biaggi 812. VF, lustrous.