120, Lot: 188. Estimate $200. Sold for $355. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA Sr., wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.25 g). Struck under Pius, after 146 AD. Draped bust right / Aeternitas standing left, holding phoenix on globe and raising hem of skirt. RIC III 1105 (Pius); BMCRE 1490 (Pius); Cohen 12. VF, attractive two-toned brown patina.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.