340, Lot: 291. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Heliopolis. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 15.52 g, 6h). Struck AD 256/7. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two temples in three-quarter perspective, vis-à-vis; above, three agonistic crowns with palms. Sawaya 650-1 (D100/R236); SNG München –; SNG Copenhagen –; Price & Trell 704 (same rev. die). VF, black patina.

From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 849; Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 980.