Triton XX, Lot: 831. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. AV Aureus (18mm, 1.83 g, 6h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, AD 256-257. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR ORBIS, emperor standing left, raising kneeling female figure with right hand, holding scepter in left. RIC V 50; MIR 36, 111a; Calicó 3441; Biaggi 1045. Near EF, toned. Very rare.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Peus 333 (6 May 1992), lot 900; Leu 53 (21 October 1991), lot 318; Lanz 36 (21 April 1986), lot 831; “Property of a Lady” (Christie’s, 9 October 1984), lot 128.