443, Lot: 553. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.53 g, 6h). Indian imitation. IVIVOI IIIIIVIIV, draped bust right, with hair bound in pearls / Partial tetrastyle temple façade I I I U I, pellets above and below the central I I U; all within wreath with large central jewel. Cf. RIC III 406A (for possible prototype); cf. Turner III 160 (for obv.). Good VF, light deposits, slightly wavy flan.