Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.03 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 / AVG V STA, Venus, draped, standing left, extending right hand and with left, raising fold of drapery. RIC III 367 (Pius); Beckmann dies df8/AG1; Strack 466; Calicó 1767; BMCRE p. 61, note ‡ (Pius); Biaggi 814. Superb EF, lustrous, lightly toned.
