442, Lot: 495. Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of three (3) coins. 495a Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (23mm, 4.70 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Issue 2, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS SAECVLI, Diana walking right, holding torch. MIR 36, 1569a; RIC V 213 (Viminacium); Cunetio 813. VF, some silvering, darkly toned, a few deposits.

Bought from Monnaies et Médailles, Brussels, 1991.

495b Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Issue 2, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing left, leaning on shield, holding helmet and transverse sceptre. MIR 36, 1573a; RIC V 222 (Viminacium); Cunetio 807. Near VF, some silver content, rough.

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

495c Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (24mm, 3.70 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Issue 3, AD 253-255. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing right, feeding snake held in her right hand. MIR 36, 1581b; RIC V –; Cunetio 798. Near VF, good silver content, some roughness.

Bought from Spink, 2000. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.6 (December 2000), no. RM0051.

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