CNG 96, Lot: 861. Estimate $30000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Volusian. AD 251-253. AV Aureus (20mm, 3.81 g, 12h). 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 dies); Biaggi 1416 (same dies); NGSA IV, lot 225 (same dies). EF. Very rare.