286, Lot: 346. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Stuck under Antoninus Pius, after circa AD 146. Draped bust right / Faustina seated left, holding scepter, in cart drawn by two elephants with riders left. RIC III 1113 (Pius); Banti 25. VF, brown surfaces, rough and a little porous. Scarce.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.