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ID number: BIRBI-R1836 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Valerian I; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 257 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.84 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3986. Spink, 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Emperors, draped, standing face to face, between them, shields and swords.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP VALERIANVS HVG (Imperator Valerian Augustus). Reverse: P IVI TR P V COS IIII P P (Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fifth Time, Consul for the Fourth Time, Father of the Fatherland).
Bibliography: RIC V 277
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