Extremely Rare Saloninus Aureus

442, Lot: 313. Estimate $2000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Saloninus. As Caesar, AD 258-260. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 2.57 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 258-260. SALON VALERIANVS CAES, draped bust right, head bare / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, prince standing left, holding baton and spear; trophy and shields on right. MIR 36, 913b; RIC V 3; Calicó 3692. Near VF, wavy flan, mount marks, various scratches and marks. Extremely rare, only one noted by MIR (in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin).

Ex Glendining’s (3 February 1993), lot 174.