412, Lot: 544. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.49 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, with hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AV-G-V-STA, Ceres standing left, holding lighted torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Beckmann dies df5/CB35 (unlisted combination); Calicó 1758b; Biaggi 807-8 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Near EF, scrape at edge.