CNG 84, Lot: 1348. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Æ As (26mm, 8.99 g, 12h). Rome mint, 4th officina. 4th-5th emissions, AD 257-260. Draped bust right, wearing stephane / Venus standing left, holding apple and scepter; at feet to left, Cupid standing right; Q. RIC V 55; MIR 36, 241f. Good VF, attractive green patina with some darker areas, fields gently smoothed. Struck on a broad flan. Exceptional for type and a far better example than that which is plated in either RIC or MIR.