Valerian I, 253-260. Antoninianus. Samosata mint.
Weight: 3.19 gm.
Struck 255-256 AD.
Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: PIETAS AVGG, The two emperors standing facing one another, sacrificing over lighted altar, with the one on the left holding an eagle-tipped scepter in his right hand, and the one on the right holding a parazonium in his left.
Very fine.
Cohen 152; RIC 285.