Engraver’s Error

390, Lot: 537. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. AR Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.75 g, 8h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. 1st emission, AD 257-258. VALERINVS (sic) • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sol advancing left, raising hand and holding whip. RIC V 12 var.; MIR 36, 868i var.; RSC 143a var. (all with correct obv. legend). VF, struck with worn reverse die. Interesting engraver’s error.