Valerian I. AD 253-260. Ӕ Sestertius (29.5mm, 17.34 g, 12h). Rome mint. 1st issue, AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus / soldier standing left, right hand resting on shield, left holding spear; S C across field. MIR 36, 38g; RIC V 182; Banti 33. VF, brown and green patina, lightly smoothed.
Bought from Seaby, 1982.