CNG 108, Lot: 630. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.81 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Draped bust right, with hair bound in pearls / DEDICATIO AEDIS, hexastyle temple of Diva Faustina. RIC III 388 (Pius); RSC 191. EF, toned.

Ex Nomos FPL (Winter-Spring 2010), no. 103.

This type commemorates the dedication of the Temple of the Diva Faustina, located in the Forum Romanum. Later, the Church of San Lorenzo in Miranda was built into the temple’s remains.