348, Lot: 479. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (27mm, 9.64 g, 6h). AVT K ΠO ΛIKIN BAΛEPIANOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TPIC NEΩK[O]PΩ-N EΦECIΩN, carpentum right, drawn by two mules. Cf. BMC 369/376 (for obv. [of Valerian]/for rev. [of Gallienus]); cf. Lindgren I 475/479 (same). VF, green patina, minor roughness. Rare.

From the Dr. George Spradling Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 53 (20 November 2002), lot 50.