442, Lot: 95. Estimate $75. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 95a Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (20mm, 2.71 g, 12h). Hybrid with reverse of Valerian I. Rome mint. 1st-5th issue, AD 253-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. MIR 36, Tafel 132, hybrid 73; RIC V (joint reign) 27; Chalfont 271 (this coin, illustrated); Cunetio 658 (described as rev. of Valerian I); Eauze –; Normanby –; Stevenage –. VF, porous, deposits. Very rare, one in Chalfont (present coin), one in Cunetio (now in BM), none in other major hoards.

Bought from Baldwin's, 1993. Ex Glendinings (7 July 1993), lot 22; Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, Hoard (1989) [IRBCH 740A], no. 271.

95b Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.44 g, 1h). Hybrid with reverse of Mariniana. Rome mint. 1st-5th issue, AD 253-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / CONSECRATIO, peacock in splendour standing facing, head left. MIR 36, Tafel 132, hybrid 213; RIC V –; Cunetio –. VF, porous.

Bought from David Miller 1998.

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