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ID number: BIRBI-R1819 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Lugdunum Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 258 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.22 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1194. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Vulcan, standing facing l., in temple holding hammer in r. and pincers in l.; at foot, anvil.
Inscriptions: Obverse: VHLERIHNVS P F AVG (Valerian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: DEO VO-LKΛNO (The God Vulcan).
Bibliography: RIC V 5
Notes: Reverse likely refers to Valerian restoring the temple of Vulcan in Rome.
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