384, Lot: 605. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Junior. Died AD 175/6. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 26.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 176 and later. DIVA FAV STINA PIA, draped bust right / [A]ETERNITAS, Faustina, holding scepter, seated left on throne, with canopy, and carried by two veiled females. RIC III 1697 var. (throne without canopy on reverse, and S C across field); MIR 18, 54-6c; Banti 7. Near VF, brown patina, some green, edge split. Very rare variety.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (6 March 2006), lot 2182.