Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1027. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR. Died 141 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.32 gm, 5h). Struck under Antoninus Pius, 141 AD. DIVA FAUSTINA, draped bust right, hair elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head / IVNO, S C across field, Juno standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and long sceptre in left hand. RIC III 1143 (Antoninus Pius); Strack 1276a; Banti 73; BMCRE 1532 (Antoninus Pius); Cohen 210. Near EF, mottled olive and red-brown patina with traces of black. ($1000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 14 (6-7 October 1998), lot 343.