128, Lot: 360. Estimate $75. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.19 g, 12h). Struck under Antoninus Pius, 141 AD. Draped bust right / Pietas standing facing, head left, dropping incense on lighted candelabrum. RIC III 395c; BMCRE 315; RSC 237. Good VF, unusually nice portrait.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.