Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1069. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVA MARINIANA, wife of Valerian I. Died circa 253 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.52 gm, 12h). Rome mint. [D]IVAE MA-RIN[I]ANAE, Veiled, diademed, and draped bust right / CO[NSEC]RAT[I]O, S C across field, peacock standing facing, head left, in full display. RIC V 9 corr. var. (bust on crescent; peacock head right); MIR 36, 212d; Banti 2; Hunter 8; Cohen 7 var. (same). Good VF, mottled red-brown and olive patina with traces of black on reverse. Superb portrait. ($1000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.