Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1636. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $880. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.77 gm, 7h). Commemorative issue struck under Antoninus Pius, after 146 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Hexastyle temple of Diva Faustina, seated statue facing within. RIC III 1115 (Pius); BMCRE 1506 (Pius); Cohen 65. Fine, brown and green patina. Rare. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.