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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R1825
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Dorchester Hoard
Maker:  Valerian I; Rome
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  253
Metal:  Silver
Diameter (cm):  2.25
Weight (g):  3.65
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 2689. From the Dorchester Hoard, purchased from Mr C. W. Peck, 1950.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped, facing r. Reverse: Fides, draped, standing facing l., holding an ensign in each hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP C D LIC VHLERIΛNVS ΠVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Augustus). Reverse: HIDES ΓIIILITVM (The Loyalty of the Soldiers).

Bibliography:  RIC V 89

4 Related People

Rome
Roman;Byzantine;Italian


Valerian I
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Dorchester Hoard



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