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, 7.21g, die axis 6.00 (RIC 357; BMC 403; Calico 1758; C. 75), virtually as struck. Provenance: Ars Classica XVI, 3 July 1933, lot 1777; Hess-Leu 24, 16 April 1964, lot 307; Hess-Leu 36, 17 April 1968, lot 489.
(5000-7000 GBP)