ROMAN COINS
IMPERIAL COINAGE
FAUSTINA THE ELDER, wife of Pius, +141. Aureus, posthumous, AD 141 and later. AV 7.14 g. DIVA - FAVSTINA Draped bust r., hair bound with pearls and piled on top of her head. Rev. AETERNITAS Fortuna, wearing long dress and mantle, standing facing, veiled head turned l., holding patera in her outstretched r. hand, rudder set on globe with her l. hand. BMC 56, 371. RIC 70, 349a. Calicó I, 326, 1743b. High relief.
Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zurich 325 (2013), 292