Description: Valerian I (253 - 260 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 255-256 AD. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG; laureate and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG; Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae; S-C across fields.

Diameter: AE25 mm

Weight: 12,08 g

Grade: gF/F

Attribution: RIC V 165; MIR 36, 66h; Banti 13

Commentary: grey-olive patina, decent details

History: In 260 AD Valerian became the first Roman emperor captured by enemy and the empire just confidently celebrating a millenium of Rome just a dozen years earlier was stripped of the self-assurance.

Article Number: 022-02-05-44365