385, Lot: 553. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.69 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146/7-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Ceres (or Aeternitas) standing left, holding fold of dress and long torch. RIC III 362 (Pius); RSC 104. EF, lightly toned, edge splits.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.