Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1413. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.39 gm, 12h). Commemorative issue struck under Antoninus Pius, circa 141-146 AD. Veiled and draped bust right / Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre. RIC III 1108 (Pius); BMCRE 1419 (Pius); Cohen 37. Good VF, green patina. ($1000)

Ex Gilbert Steinberg Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica and Spink Taisei Numismatics, 16 November 1994), lot 455.