442, Lot: 298. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 298a Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.59 g, 7h). Viminacium mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right / [I]OVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter riding on goat to right. MIR 36, 860b; RIC V 13 (Rome); Cunetio 793. VF, toned, scratches.

Bought from Baldwin's, 1988.

298b Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.24 g, 5h). Viminacium mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right / PIETAS AGG (sic), sacrificial implements. MIR 36, 862b var. (rev. legend); RIC V 19 note (Rome); Cunetio 794 var. (rev. legend). VF, toned, flan crack.

Bought from Baldwin's, 1987.

A die-sinker's error in the reverse legend.

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