Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 29.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-141. VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 2
Lot: 1069.
Closing Date: Sep 26 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 500

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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 29.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-141. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Faustina, holding grain ears and [torch], seated left atop a triumphal chariot drawn left by two elephants with mahouts. RIC III 1140 (Pius); Beckmann dies daf13/EC11; Banti 71. Dark gray-brown patina, cleaning/smoothing scratches, flan crack. VF.

Ex Naville Numismatics 63 (7 February 2021), lot 521; Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (6 May 2019), lot 1573.


Closing Date and Time: 26 September 2024 at 10:22:40 ET.

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