436, Lot: 590. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, hair coiled atop head / Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Antoninus Pius); Beckmann dies df30/CB5; cf. Calicó 1758 (diff. obv, legend break); BMCRE 405 (Antoninus Pius). Good VF, light marks, slight wave to flan.