377, Lot: 438. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, veiled and draped bust left, wearing stephane and hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357 (Pius); Beckman dies df37/CB10; Calicó 1759 (same obv. die as illustration); Biaggi 809 (same obv. die). VF, trace of die rust on obverse, a few marks.