Watch List notes:

Valerian II, Caesar, 256-258. Antoninianus (Billon, 24 mm, 3.62 g, 12 h), Samosata, 257-258. VALERIANVS NOBIL CAES Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian II to right, seen from behind. Rev. SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. Cohen 92 ('Saloninus'). MIR 1695b. RIC 52 ('Antioch'). Sharply struck and lustrous, with an exceptional reverse. Light porosity and minor deposits, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, acquired before 2021.