Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AVGV STA, Ceres, veiled and draped, standing left, holding torch in each hand. RIC III 357a (Pius); Beckmann dies df68/CB33, b (this coin referenced); Strack 471α (Pius); Calicó 1758; BMCRE 403-5; Adda 241 (this coin); Biaggi 807-8; Mazzini 75. Lightly toned, lustrous. EF.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 492 (September 1986), no. 30; Property of a Lady (Christie's, 8 October 1985), lot 90; Victor A. Adda Collection.