CNG 112, Lot: 624. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVΛ FΛVSTINΛ, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / C E RES, Ceres, veiled, draped, standing left, holding two grain ears downward in right hand and vertical lighted torch in left. RIC III 378 (Pius); Beckmann dies df78/CC10 (unlisted die combination); Strack 456 (Pius); Calicó 1772a; BMCRE 459 (Pius); Biaggi 815 (same obv. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 135 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, die break on obverse. Good VF.