CNG 100, Lot: 1885. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.05 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVΛ FΛVSTINA, veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AE TER NITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder set on globe. RIC III 349a(b) (Pius); Beckman dies df34/AC14; Strack 450b (Pius); Calicó 1744a (same dies); BMCRE 372, pl. 9, 2 (Pius–same dies); Biaggi 802 (same obv. die). EF, lustrous, a few tiny contact marks.