Watch List notes:

Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAV STINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVG V STA, Venus, draped, standing left, extending right hand and with left, raising hem of dress. RIC III 367 (Pius); Beckmann dies df8/AG1; Strack 466; Calicó 1767 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 61, note ‡ (Pius); Biaggi 814 (same rev. die). Lustrous. Superb EF.


From the Provence Collection.