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ID number: BIRBI-R1826 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 257 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.45 Weight (g): 4.10 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 1196. W. S. Lincoln, 1930. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Sol, naked with exception of radiate crown and cloak, standing facing l., raising r. and holding globe in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IIVIP C P LIC VΛLERIANVS P [ HVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: ORIENS AVCG(The Rising Sun of the Emperors).
Bibliography: RIC V 106
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