Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 780. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $770. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR. Died 141 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.91 g, 12h). Struck under Antoninus Pius, after 146 AD. Draped bust right / Ceres standing left, holding grain ears and torch. RIC III 1128 (Pius); BMCRE 1526 (Pius); Cohen 137. VF, mahogany brown patina, light scratch in obverse field, reverse fields smoothed. Attractive. ($500)