Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1178. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Valerian I. 253-260 AD. Æ 31mm (17.18 gm, 1h). Struck after 254-255 AD. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; c/m: eagle standing left, head right, within incuse oval / TAPCO-V MHTPOPOLEWC, three agonistic crowns set on table; A M K G G in exergue, CEVHP OLV/LDPIA EKI/XIPILD/AVGOVCTI-A/AKTIA in five lines below table. For coin: SNG Levante 1185 (same dies); SNG France 1820 (same rev. die); for c/m: Howgego 339. Near VF, bluish-green patina with earthen overtones. ($300)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Kovacs III (23 October 1981), lot 198. Ex Harlan J. Berk Bid or Buy Sale 121 (10 July 2001), lot 686.