Stack's Coin Galleries April 2010
Auction date: 28 April 2010
Lot number: 260
Price realized: 115 USD + buyer's fees.

Valerian I, AE31 of Hierapolis, Phrygia. 253-260 AD. Alliance with Ephesus. 

Obv: Laureate and cuirassed bust of right. 
Rev. Serapis standing right, holding scepter, facing 
cult figure of Artemis Ephesia standing facing between 
two stags. 

Franke & Nollé type VII, 735; SNG Hunterian 1957 (same obv. die). BMC 188. 

Very Fine. ($200-300)

From the Estate of Cornelius C. Vermeule; ex Kastner 6, November 1974, Lot 388. 

Courtesy of Stacks Ltd. June 2010.