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ID number: BIRBI-R1830 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 256-257 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 3.00 Weight (g): 20.41 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 2029. Ex Levis Collection, A. H. Baldwin, 1942. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing laurel crown, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Valerian, in military attire, standing facing l., raising kneeling woman with r. and holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C P LIC Vıı...RIANv …vG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Augustus). Reverse: RESTISV∆UR ORBIS S C (To the Restorer of the World; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC V 171
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