365, Lot: 579. Estimate $75. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BECKER FORGERIES. Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. AR “Quinarius” (15mm, 2.56 g). Forgery by Carl Wilhelm Becker, 1772-1830. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Sacrificial implements. Hill, Becker, 222. As made, near EF, attractively toned. An original strike.