382, Lot: 414. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Aeternitas (or Juno) standing left, raising hand and holding scepter. RIC III 344 (Pius); RSC 26. EF. Bold strike with fresh dies.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind BBS 140 (26 September 2006), lot 222.