349, Lot: 545. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 20.67 g, 1h). Rome mint. 1st emission, AD 253-254. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Virtus standing left, holding shield and spear. RIC V 182; MIR 36, 38g; Banti 33. VF, green patina.

From the J. S. Wagner Collection. Reportedly ex the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection (possibly Christie’s, 30 May 1949), lot 347 (part of).