453, Lot: 550. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / AED DIV FAVSTINAE, hexastyle temple in which is a seated figure of Faustina Senior; fencing before. RIC III 343 (Pius); RSC 1. Toned, some iridescence. EF.