CNG 111, Lot: 712. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG V STA, Venus, draped, standing left, extending right hand and with left, raising hem of dress. RIC III 367 (Pius); Beckmann dies df8/AG4; Strack 466; Calicó 1767; BMCRE p. 61, note ‡ (Pius); Biaggi 814; Jameson –; Mazzini –; Leu 50, lot 316 (same dies). Good VF, scratches.