CNG 105, Lot: 907. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustina Senior. Augusta, AD 138-140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter with left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df21/CA19; Strack 469; Calicó 1763a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); Biaggi 812. Near EF, toned, underlying luster.