442, Lot: 79. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Ӕ As (24.5mm, 11.05 g, 5h). Rome mint. 3rd issue, AD 256-257. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right / APOLINI CONSERVA, Apollo standing left, holding laurel branch and lyre on rock; S C across field. MIR 36, 123q; RIC V 190. Good VF, green patina, light smoothing.

Bought from Seaby, 1981. Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 751 (March 1981), no. C140.