CNG 97, Lot: 714. Estimate $300. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ Sestertius (25mm, 16.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 253-254. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Fides standing left, holding signum in each hand. RIC V 160; MIR 36, 22k; Banti 10. Good VF, brown patina, some red, small green deposits on reverse.

Ex Chiltern Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 93, 22 May 2013), lot 1230, acquired from Italo Vecchi.