Triton XXII, Lot: 1103. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20.5mm, 7.33 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 / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in outstretched right hand and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df1/CA11; Strack 469; Calicó 176a; BMCRE 395 and 397 (Pius); Biaggi 812. EF, hint of die rust.

From the Fendi Collection.