Triton XXII, Lot: 1101. Estimate $15000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER NITAS, Aeternitas standing left, holding globe in outstretched right hand and rudder set on ground in left . RIC III 348 (Pius); Beckmann dies df31/AB6; Strack 451 (Pius); Calicó 1747 (same dies); BMCRE 359 (Pius); Biaggi –. Superb EF, lustrous.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100 (29 May 2017), lot 504 (hamnmer CHF 19,000).