Unique – MIR Plate Coin

442, Lot: 451. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.16 g, 7h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Issue 6, AD 266. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / FELICITAS PVBLI, Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding caduceus and leaning on column. MIR 36, 1301r (this coin illustrated); RIC V (sole reign) 61 var. (rev. legend); Cunetio –. VF, brown surfaces, traces of silver content. Apparently unique, the sole piece noted by MIR.

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1987. Reportedly ex Duke of Argyll Collection.

The normal reverse legend for this type is FELICIT PVBL (MIR 1302, RIC 61). This is the only recorded coin with the longer legend.