Triton XIV, Lot: 799. Estimate $10000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. AV Light Aureus (18mm, 2.32 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing right, holding transverse spear in right hand, trophy over left shoulder. RIC V -; MIR 36, 84a (same dies as illustration); Calicó 3454b (same dies as illustration). Near EF, underlying luster, toned.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Sotheby’s (30 July 1951), lot 741.