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ID number: BIRBI-R1834 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Viminacium Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Viminacium Culture: Roman Date made: 256 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.52 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 3406. A. H. Baldwin, 1958. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Roma, helmeted and draped, seated facing l. on shield, holding Victory in r. and spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P Γ AVC (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ΠVNIHE AETERNAE (To Eternal Rome).
Bibliography: RIC V 221 var.
Notes: As opposed to the RIC type, the legend on the obverse of this coin includes 'P F'.
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