Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1120. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Quietus. Usurper, AD 260-261. AR Antoninianus (4.78 g, 6h). Samosata mint. 2nd emission. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Apollo standing facing, head left, holding branch and lyre set on ground; star in left field. RIC V 3; MIR 44, 1728n; RSC 4a. EF, toned, minor porosity, flan flaw on reverse. Bold portrait. Full silvering.