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Divus Valerian II. Died AD 258. Æ Sestertius or As (26.5mm, 11.14 g, 7h). Rome mint. 5th issue, AD 258+. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, bust right, head bare, left shoulder draped / [CONSECRATIO; S C in exergue], funeral pyre surmounted by prince in biga. MIR 36, 264o; RIC V 43. Fine, brown patina.
Bought from Davissons, 1995. Ex Davissons FPL (1995, no. 1), no. 250.
MIR lists this coin as a sestertius, but RIC has it as an As. The flan is very small for a sestertius, but the dies were clearly intended to be used on a piece of larger module, as almost all of the legends are off the flan. However, the bust is much smaller than that on lot 114, which clearly is a sestertius.
Bought from Davissons, 1995. Ex Davissons FPL (1995, no. 1), no. 250.
MIR lists this coin as a sestertius, but RIC has it as an As. The flan is very small for a sestertius, but the dies were clearly intended to be used on a piece of larger module, as almost all of the legends are off the flan. However, the bust is much smaller than that on lot 114, which clearly is a sestertius.