Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1072. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALERIAN II. Caesar, 255-258 AD. Æ Sestertius (19.42 gm, 12h). Rome mint. P C L VALERIANVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, S C in exergue, lituus, knife, patera, ewer, simpulum, and aspergillum. RIC IV 33 var. (AVGVSTORVM); MIR 36, 249p; Banti 6 corr. (AVGVSTORVM); Hunter -; Cohen 58 (Saloninus) var. (same). VF, brown surfaces, light surface pitting. Very rare variety of a very rare type. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection.