128, Lot: 369. Estimate $300. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR, wife of Antoninus Pius. Died 141 AD. Æ As or Dupondius (28mm, 12.04 g, 5h). Struck under Antoninus Pius, 147 AD. Veiled and draped bust right / Aeternitas seated left on globe, right hand extended and long transverse sceptre in left. RIC III 1159 (Pius); BMCRE 1556 (Pius); Cohen 23. Good VF, dark green patina, minor smoothing.
From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.