442, Lot: 25. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Ӕ Sestertius (29mm, 22.37 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st issue, AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; S C across field. MIR 36, 30g; RIC V 177; Banti 27. VF, brown-green patina, minor flan flaws on reverse. Struck on a broad flan.

Bought from Seaby, 1987. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 826 (December 1987), no. C617.