Sale: Triton X, Lot: 639. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (7.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 146-161 AD. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG-V-STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter in left. RIC III 356 (Pius); Strack 460 (Pius); Calicó 1763a var. (break in rev. legend); BMCRE 395 (Pius) var. (same); Cohen 95. Choice EF, light toning.

Ex Leu 86 (5 May 2003), lot 856.