442, Lot: 308. Estimate $100.
Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Lot of four (4) coins.
308a Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.46 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / VENVS FELIX, Venus seated left, holding sceptre; before her, child standing right, raising arms to Venus. MIR 36, 898c; RIC V (joint reign) 7; Cunetio 733; Stevenage 498. Good VF, toned, flan flaws.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1981. 308b Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 5.43 g, 1h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, holding apple and palm and resting left arm on shield. MIR 36, 899c; cf. RIC V (joint reign) 68 (Asia); Cunetio 734; Stevenage 499. Near EF, lightly toned.
Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1984.RIC described the object held in Venus’s right hand as an apple, whereas MIR does not record this detail. In the Cunetio and Stevenage catalogues it is described as a helmet, but it appears far too small for that.
308c Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.11 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding Victory and sceptre. MIR 36, 900c; cf. RIC V (joint reign) 70 (Asia); Cunetio 736; Stevenage 500. Near EF, toned, edge split.
Bought from Seaby, 1979. 308d Salonina. Augusta, AD 254-268. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 2.57 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-260. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right on crescent / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing right, seen from rear, leaning on column and holding palm branch and helmet / apple. MIR 36, 904c; RIC V (joint reign) 8 (incomplete description); Cunetio 735; Stevenage 519. Good VF, toned, green deposits, cleaning scratches, flan crack.
Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1983. . .
