Faustina Senior (wife of Antoninus Pius, died 141), aureus, Rome, posthumous issue, undated, DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, rev., AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding torches in each hand, 7.38g, die axis 5.00 (RIC 357; BMC 403; Calico 1758; C. 75), virtually as struck. Provenance: Hess-Leu 41, 24 April 1969, lot 224.
(5000-7000 GBP)