201, Lot: 400. Estimate $75. Sold for $83. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. AR Antoninianus (22mm, 3.52 g, 7h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 257. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Valerian and Gallienus standing facing one another, resting hands on shields behind which are two upright spears. RIC V 277; MIR 36, 1598a; RSC 169. VF, light toning.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.

An interesting type influenced by the denarii of Augustus depicting Gaius and Lucius Caesars on the reverse (see lot 337 above).