Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1154. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Diadumenian. As Caesar, AD 217-218. AR Denarius (3.21 g, 6h). Rome mint, 6th officina. 3rd emission, March-June AD 218. Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC IV 117; Szaivert series 11-12; RSC 21a. EF. Bold portrait. Both sides well struck.