108, Lot: 280. Estimate $75. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS VALERIAN II, Caesar. 256-258 AD. AR Antoninianus (20mm, 3.80 gm). Rome mint. Radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind / Lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 258; RSC 13a. Good VF, toned.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.

The son of Gallienus, Valerian II was given the rank of Caesar upon his father's elevation to the throne in 253. He died two years later and immediately deified, with a large issue of consecration coins struck in his name.