442, Lot: 27. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Ӕ As (24mm, 6.25 g, 7h). Rome mint. 1st issue, AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; S C across field. MIR 36, 30m; RIC V 200. Good VF, green patina with spots of bare metal.

Bought from David Cavanagh, Edinburgh, 1976.