442, Lot: 294. Estimate $75. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 294a Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.09 g, 7h). Viminacium mint. Issue 3c. IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT PART, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; captive at feet. MIR 36, 847b; RIC V 262 (Milan); Cunetio 787. Near VF, toned.

Ex “Bavarian Collection” (Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI, 18 March 1993), lot 1118, purchased from J. Fejér, Budapest, 1916.

294b Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.38 g, 6h). Viminacium mint. Issue 3c. IMP VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICT PARTI (sic), Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; captive at feet. MIR 36, 847b var. (rev. legend); RIC V 262 (Milan) var. (same). Near VF, toned, weak strike.

Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 1 (25 June 2017), lot 1190.

This abbreviation of the reverse legend does not seem to have been recorded previously.

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