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<p>[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8344832, member: 44357"]Congratulations! A further attribution/pedigree is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Faustina Senior (AD 138-140/1). AV aureus (19mm, 6.88 gm, 11h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 141-147. DIVA•AVGVSTA-FAVSTINA•, draped bust of Diva Faustina Senior right, seen from front, hair elaborately waved in several loops around head, braided, drawn up and coiled on top with pearls / PIETAS•-AVG•, Pietas standing facing, veiled head left, incense box in left hand, dropping incense from right hand into candelabrum to left. RIC III (Antoninus Pius) 395a. Calicó 1796.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3098 NYINC (18 January 2022), lot 33301; Ex. Heritage Auctions, Auction 3085 Dallas (7 August 2020), lot 31141</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: and for completeness, it also sold in Heritage's Central States signature sale #3083 lot 30117 on April 24, 2020.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AncientJoe, post: 8344832, member: 44357"]Congratulations! A further attribution/pedigree is: Diva Faustina Senior (AD 138-140/1). AV aureus (19mm, 6.88 gm, 11h). NGC XF 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 141-147. DIVA•AVGVSTA-FAVSTINA•, draped bust of Diva Faustina Senior right, seen from front, hair elaborately waved in several loops around head, braided, drawn up and coiled on top with pearls / PIETAS•-AVG•, Pietas standing facing, veiled head left, incense box in left hand, dropping incense from right hand into candelabrum to left. RIC III (Antoninus Pius) 395a. Calicó 1796. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 3098 NYINC (18 January 2022), lot 33301; Ex. Heritage Auctions, Auction 3085 Dallas (7 August 2020), lot 31141 Edit: and for completeness, it also sold in Heritage's Central States signature sale #3083 lot 30117 on April 24, 2020.[/QUOTE]
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