CNG 93, Lot: 1232. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Mariniana. Died before AD 253. Æ As (20mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 4th emission of Valerian I, AD 257. Veiled and draped bust right, set on crescent / Apotheosis of Mariniana: Mariniana, raising hand and holding scepter, reclining left on peacock flying upwards to the right. RIC V 12; MIR 36, 222f. VF, red and green patina. Very rare.

From the Robert O. Ebert Collection.