401, Lot: 531. Estimate $100. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 27.40 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Vesta standing left, holding long torch and palladium with shield. RIC III 1151 (Pius); Banti 101. VF, green-brown patina, pit on reverse.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor.