317, Lot: 301. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AR Denarius (16mm, 2.63 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 141-146. Draped bust right / PVELLAE FAVSTINIANAE, official seated left on a platform, leaning forward to hand rolled document to a young girl being held aloft towards him by a man standing before the platform; second official standing left behind the first, pointing towards the document; directly below the officials, second citizen bending to lift up second girl in order to present her to the officials. RIC III 399a (Pius); RSC 262. In NGC encapsulation graded F, Strike 4/5, Surface 2/5, light smoothing. Rare type.

The reverse of this piece commemorates the Girls of Faustina, a young women’s charity established by Antoninus in memory of his late wife.