412, Lot: 546. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 23.74 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Ceres standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 1120 (Pius); Banti 36. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness and deposits.
Ex estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 384, 12 October 2016), lot 598.