442, Lot: 276. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ As (25.5mm, 14.31 g, 12h). Viminacium mint. Issue 2a. IMP VALERIANVS P AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS/DECENNA/LIBVS, within wreath. MIR 36, 797g; Gnecchi Pl. 154, 7 var. (obv. legend), there described as a medallion. VF, green patina, cleaning marks.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 2470.

Formerly classed as a medallion, this item is now regarded as belonging to the series of bronze coins, presumably Asses, struck at Viminacium.