Triton XVIII, Lot: 1222. Estimate $1500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Saloninus. As Caesar, AD 258-260. Æ Sestertius (25mm, 13.85 g, 5h). Rome mint. [LIC COR SAL VA]LERIANVS N CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PRIN[CIPI IV]VENTVTIS, Saloninus, in military dress, standing left, holding globe in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; to left, captive seated left. RIC V 32; MIR 36, 269q; Banti 2; Hunter 5. VF, green-brown patina, some red. Very rare.

From the RAM Collection, purchased from Ed Waddell, December 1990.