New Die Combination

436, Lot: 591. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, with hair bound in pearls / C E RES, Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch. RIC III 378a (Pius); Beckmann dies df117/CC11 (unlisted die combination); Calicó 1772a; Biaggi 815. EF, lustrous, a few tiny deposits on obverse. Attractive portrait.

Ex Fendi Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 108, 16 May 2018), lot 637; Heritage 3041 (13 August 2015), lot 32080.