CNG 94, Lot: 1075. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Quietus. Usurper, AD 260-261. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.42 g, 12h). Samosata mint. 1st emission. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC V 11; MIR 44, 1743f; RSC 14. VF, brown and gray toning, green deposits.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection.