Triton XXI, Lot: 831. Estimate $25000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Volusian. AD 251-253. AV Aureus (20mm, 3.94 g, 1h). Rome mint, 1st officina. 5th emission, AD 253. IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETERNITAS AVGG, Aeternitas standing left, holding phoenix on globe in extended right hand and raising fold of garment with left. RIC IV 154; Calicó 3349 (same rev. die as illustration); Biaggi 1416 (same rev. die); CNG 96, lot 861 (same rev. die); NGSA IV, lot 225 (same rev. die). Choice EF, underlying luster. Very rare.