370, Lot: 509. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Mariniana. Died before AD 253. AR Antoninianus (21mm, 2.49 g, 12h). Rome mint. 2nd-3rd emission of Valerian and Gallienus, AD 254-256. Veiled and draped bust right, set on crescent / Apotheosis of Mariniana: Mariniana, raising hand and holding scepter, reclining left on peacock flying upward to the right. RIC V 6; MIR 36, 220b; RSC 16. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster, typical weak strike on the reverse.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Berk BBS 120 (10 May 2001), lot 414.