442, Lot: 493. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of four (4) coins. 493a Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (21mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Issue 1, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AETERNITATI AVGG, Saturn standing right, holding scythe. MIR 36, 1559a; RIC V 210 (Viminacium); Cunetio 801. VF, some silver content, a little rough.

Bought from Seaby, 1981.

493b Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 4.32 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Issue 1, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding torch. MIR 36, 1560a; RIC V 212 (Viminacium); Cunetio 812. VF, some silver content, a little rough, a few green deposits.

Bought from Alex G. Malloy, 1992. Reportedly ex The Antioch Hoard of Gallienus (Malloy FPL [ND, c. 1992]).

493c Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (21mm, 4.03 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Issue 1, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FORTVNA REDVX, Mercury standing left, holding purse and caduceus. MIR 36, 1561a; RIC V 214 (Viminacium); Cunetio 814. VF, some silver content, a little rough.

Bought from B. Franceschi et Fils, Brussels, 1991.

493d Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.60 g, 1h). Antioch mint. Issue 1, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / PACATORI ORBIS, Jupiter seated left, holding patera and sceptre; eagle at his feet. MIR 36, 1562a; RIC V 218 (Viminacium); Cunetio 816. VF, darkly toned.

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1985.

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