437, Lot: 440. Estimate $100. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.16 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / Aeternitas standing left, holding globe surmounted by phoenix and raising hem of skirt. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Banti 5. VF, two-tone green patina.

From the Richard Baker Collection.