Very Rare Denomination

442, Lot: 51. Estimate $200. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ dupondius (26.5mm, 13.56 g, 7h). Rome mint. 2nd issue, AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae; S C across field. MIR 36, – (as 66, but no dupondius listed for Valerian I); RIC V 185. Near VF, rough brown patina, scuff on obverse. Extremely rare.

Bought from C. J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1987.

Dupondii of this period are all exceptionally rare. For a similar specimen to this coin, possibly from the same dies, see the Vierordt collection sale at Schulman, Amsterdam, 1923, lot 2313.