★ An exceptionally well preserved assarion of Valerian II from Parium ★

MYSIA. Parium. Valerian II, Caesar, 256-258. Assarion (Bronze, 19 mm, 4.87 g, 7 h). VALERIANVS NOBIL CAES Laureate and draped bust of Valerian II to right, seen from behind. Rev. C G I / P H She-wolf standing right, head turned back to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Plankenhorn, Mysien, p. 122, 93 ( this coin ). SNG Copenhagen 311 var. (reverse legend). SNG Paris 1540 var. (reverse legend). SNG von Aulock -. Very rare and exceptionally well preserved. A perfectly centered and very well struck example. About extremely fine.

From the collection of G. Plankenhorn, formed since the 1960s.