Roman Imperial coin – HCR8505

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP VALERIANVS AVG

Design:

Bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right, viewed from front

Reverse

Inscription:

FELI[C]ITAS AVGG

Design:

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long vertical caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Gallienus

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Valerian I

Person

Valerian I, emperor, 253-260 (ruler/authority)

Mint

Antioch

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

257 – 260 CE (according to Göbl, MIR 36)

Note

HCR8505

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.34

Axis

Diameter (mm)

22.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

5/1/1955

Source

H. D. Gallwey

Acquisition credit

Presented by H. D. Gallwey, 1955.

Issue

Fifth Series (Cunetio and Göbl, MIR 36)

Hoard name

Jimena de la Frontera 1

Hoard link

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/3734

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 283c

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : Cunetio 834

Reference

Göbl, MIR 36, 43 and 44 : 1599a

Note:

For dating see p.129-130

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.283c

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