442, Lot: 497. Estimate $75. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Lot of two (2) coins. 497a Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Issue 5, AD 257-260. IMP VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath and palm. MIR 36, 1602a; RIC V 289 var. (bust type); Cunetio –. VF, nice silver, toned. Extremely rare, only one piece noted by MIR (in the KHM, Vienna).

Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 1990. Ex Jacquier FPL 11 (Spring 1990), no. 159.

497b Gallienus. AD 253-268. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.70 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Issue 6, AD 260?. IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA GERMAN, emperor standing left, holding globe and spear, receiving wreath from Victory, standing right, holding palm branch; * in upper field. MIR 36, 1607b; RIC V (joint reign) 452; Cunetio 840. Near VF, low silver content, rough surfaces.

Ex Sotheby’s (22 March 1990), lot 107 (part of).

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