Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1557. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. AV Aureus (7.19 gm). Struck circa 141-146 AD. Draped bust right / Juno(?) standing facing, head left, holding sceptre. RIC III 404c (Pius); BMCRE pg. 51, § (Pius); Calicó 1738; Cohen -. VF, ex-jewelry, fields lightly smoothed on reverse. Rare. ($2000)
From the Tony Hardy Collection.