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ID number: BIRBI-R1838 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: 253 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.61 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 4016. Presented by Mr P. C. B. Wallis, 1963. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Valerian, wearing radiate crown, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Orient, as a turreted female, draped, standing facing r., presenting wreath with r. to emperor, standing facing l., holding spear in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS ΛVG (Imperator Gaius Publicus Licinius Valerian Augustus). Reverse: ΠE5TITVT OPIENTΓ (To the Restorer of the East).
Bibliography: RIC V 286
Notes: Debased.
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