128, Lot: 367. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.95 g, 12h). Struck under Antoninus Pius, 147 AD. Diademed, draped and veiled bust left / Ceres standing left, holding grain-ears and torch. RIC III 360 (Pius); BMCRE 408 (Pius); RSC 78. Near EF, toned and lustrous, but bent, some edge filing.

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.