Watch List notes:

Valerian I. ; Valerian I; 253-260 AD, Corycus, Cilicia, AE 30.5, 16.30g. SNG Paris-1122 (same obv. die), SNG Levante-819 (same obv. die). Obv: [AV K] ?O ?IK - OVA[?EPIAN] around, [OC] in second line, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust r., seen from front. Rx: Large prize crown inscribed [TEMIA] and containing palm between caduceus and aplustre, set atop table with three legs shaped like lions; to r. Bacchus standing l. holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus, panther at his feet; reverse legend naming the city and its titles "Autonomous" and "Naval Command Center" is mostly illegible. "The presiding deity of the Themian games was the goddess Themis, personification of Justice and Order, who had been the patron of the oracle of Delphi before Apollo. Teµa also means a deposit, usually of money, and the Themian games were unusual in having cash prizes for the winners, unlike the more typical awards of wreaths, wine, oil, or celery" (Triton VII, 13 January 2004, lot 772).. VF