409, Lot: 612. Estimate $150. Sold for $151. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 26.16 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Ceres standing facing, head left, holding two torches. RIC III 1120 (Pius); Banti 36. VF, dark brown surfaces, minor pitting. With an early 20th century Dutch collector’s ticket, indicating it was purchased from J. Schulman, April 1916.

Ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 890.