CNG 103, Lot: 698. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Aeternitas (or Providentia) standing left, holding globe and billowing veil. RIC III 351 (Pius); RSC 32. EF, lightly toned, some edge splits, traces of deposits.

From the Korwin Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (9 October 2006), lot 2209.