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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1068. Estimate $1000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALERIAN I. 253-260 AD. Æ Sestertius (18.28 gm, 12h). Rome mint. Struck 253-254 AD. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS/S C in four lines across field; all within laurel wreath. RIC V 184 corr. (laureate and draped); MIR 36, 40g; Banti 37 (this coin); Hunter 35; Cohen 283. EF, mottled brown patina, slight slip-strike on reverse. Superb portrait. ($1000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica M (20 March 2002), lot 2804; J. Vinchon (15 November 1965), lot 262.