| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 767 Price realized: 3,500 USD (Approx. 3,206 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.00 g, 11h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-141. DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / CONSE CRATIO, S C in exergue, funeral pyre in three stories, set on base, ornamented and garlanded, surmounted by charioteer in biga right. RIC III 1135 (Pius); Beckmann dies (daf9/FP2); Strack 1238 (Pius); Banti 61 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 1429; Mazzini 186 (this coin). Dark green and brown patina, some roughness, flan crack. Good VF. Exceptional for type. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 19145 (ND); Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (publ. 1957). The funeral pyre depicted on this sestertius is much more elaborate than those usually seen on other Roman consecration coins. The tiered structure is adorned with columns, garlands and what appear to be temple doors. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 552 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 510 Price realized: 225 USD (Approx. 209 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Junior. Died AD 175/6. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.14 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, AD 176 and later. Draped bust right / Diva Faustina Junior, with veil floating in semicircle behind head, holding scepter, seated left on back of peacock flying upward to right. RIC III 1702 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 56-6/10; Banti 38. Brown surfaces, some hard green deposits, a few flaws and scratches, triple strike on reverse. Near VF. From the Lionel Tenby Collection. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 2:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 608 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 166 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.82 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Sestertius Series 1, under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 140-141. Veiled and draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Eagle flying upward to left, carrying Faustina, holding scepter and starry mantle over head. RIC III 1134; Beckmann dies daf2/E6; Banti 60 (same rev. die as illustration). Red cuprite and dark brown patina, rough, pitted surfaces, areas of smoothing. Good Fine. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 184 (3 November 2020), lot 545. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555 | Auction date: 7 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 566 Price realized: 700 USD (Approx. 653 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.08 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 145-150. Draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sacrificing with patera over lighted altar to left. RIC III 1126 (Pius); Banti 41. Attractive brown patina, a couple of edge splits, flan crack. Near EF. Lovely portrait. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Estimate: 300 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 610 Price realized: 750 USD (Approx. 691 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.60 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-late 150s. Draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Aeternitas seated left, holding phoenix on globe and scepter. RIC III 1103A (Pius); Banti 7 var. (arrangement of obv. legend). Attractive brown patina. Good VF. Ex Kirk Davis FPL 75 (Summer 2020), no. 59; Davissons 31 (28 November 2012),lot 116; Niclovitz Collection (L. Hamburger [76], 19 October 1925), lot 1000. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 706 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 169 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Diva Faustina Senior. Died AD 140/1. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.37 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Draped bust right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / Juno standing left, holding patera and scepter. RIC III 1143 (Pius); Banti 73. Brown patina with traces of green deposits, small flan flaw, faint porosity. VF. From the Mesogeios Collection. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
