Sale: Triton X, Lot: 640. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa 146-161 AD. DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust right / AV-GV-STA, Fortuna standing left, holding patera in extended right hand, rudder set on globe in left. RIC III 372 var. (Pius; bust type); Strack 473 (Pius); Calicó 1761 var. (same); BMCRE 447 note (Pius); Cohen -. EF. Very rare bust type for issue.