Triton XVIII, Lot: 1182. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Paulina. Died before AD 235. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.18 g, 12h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. 2nd emission of Maximinus I, AD 236. DIVA PAVLINA, veiled and draped bust right / CONSECR ATIO, Diva Paulina, raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in left, reclining left on peacock flying right. RIC IV 2 (Maximinus); BMCRE 127-8 (Maximinus); RSC 2. Superb EF, a few traces of deposits. Perfectly centered and well struck on a broad flan.

Ex a Gentleman’s Collection (Triton XII, 6 January 2009), lot 715; Tkalec (18 February 2002), lot 216.