Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1689. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diva Mariniana. Died before AD 253. Æ Sestertius (13.70 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Valerian I, circa AD 253-260. Diademed, veiled, and draped bust right, set on crescent / Peacock with tail spread, walking right. RIC V 10; MIR 36, 214d; Banti 5. VF, olive-green patina, smoothed in fields, struck on a typical short flan. Rare.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection.