455, Lot: 298. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torch in right hand and scepter with left. RIC III 356a (Pius); Beckmann dies df63/CA17; Calicó 1763a; Biaggi 812. Lightly toned, a few light scratches and marks. VF.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Roma VI (29 September 2013), lot 941.