Diva Faustina I, wife of Antoninus Pius
Aureus after 141, AV 7.33 g. DIVA FAV – STINA Diademed, veiled and draped bust l. Rev. AVG – V – STA Ceres, veiled, standing l., holding torch in each hand. C 76. BMC A. Pius 407 note. RIC A. Pius 357b. Faces of Power 242 (this obverse die). Calicó 1759 (this obverse die). A portrait of excellent style struck on a full flan. An almost invisible mark on cheek, otherwise virtually as struck and almost Fdc Ex Sothebys sale 10th November 1972, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 102. This coin is sold with an export licence issued by the government of Spain.