Very Rare Issue of Saloninus as Augustus

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1823. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Saloninus. AD 260. AR Antoninianus (3.19 g, 6h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 2nd emission, AD 258-259. Radiate and draped bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of dress. RIC V 14; MIR 36, 917f; RSC 94. VF, lightly toned, shallow scratch on reverse, areas of flat strike, reverse is very weak. Very rare.