CNG 109, Lot: 670. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVΛ FΛV STINΛ, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / ΛVG VS TΛ, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and rudder on globe in left hand. RIC III 372 (Pius); Beckman dies df118/AF34; Strack 465; Calicó 1761a; BMCRE 447-8 (Pius); Biaggi 836. Near EF, toned.