CNG 102, Lot: 984. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER NITAS, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and rudder . RIC III 349; Beckman dies df86/AC5; Strack 450α (Pius); Calicó 1743b; BMCRE 368; Biaggi 799. EF, lustrous.