Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Diva Faustina Snr. (wife of Antoninus Pius), Gold Aureus, 7.12g, 6h. Struck after A.D. 141.DIVA FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina Snr. facing right, draped. Rev. AVGVSTA, Ceres, veiled, standing left, holding a lighted torch in each hand (RIC (Antoninius Pius) 357a; Calicó 1758; BMC 403; C 75).Perfectly struck in high relief, with a wonderful portrait, lustrous, mint state, a superb coin.
Ex Tkalec, Zürich, 18 February 2002, lot 165
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 46, Zürich, 2 April 2008, lot 583

Part of the Aurora Collection.

Estimate: US$ 12,500