Triton XX, Lot: 750. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 141-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right / AVGV–STA, Ceres standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Beckmann dies df38/CB27; Calicó 1758b; BMCRE 403-4 var. (arrangement of rev. legend) and 405 var. (arrangement of obv. legend); Biaggi 808. Choice EF, lustrous.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CV.4 (May 1997), no. 2129.