Roman Imperial coin – HCR8695

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

[V]OTA ORBIS

Design:

Two Victories, winged, draped, standing left and right, fixing a shield inscribed S C to a palm tree set between them

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Gallienus

Dynasty

Central Empire

Reign

Valerian I

Person

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

Mint

Samosata, 'Second Eastern Mint' (Roman Imperial)

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

256 CE (according to Göbl, MIR 36)

Note

HCR8695

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

4.85

Axis

Diameter (mm)

22.6

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1948

Source

A. R. Bayley

Acquisition credit

Presented by A. R. Bayley, 1948.

mint attribution: uncertain

Issue

First Series

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : 294 var.

Note:

Obverse portrait is cuirassed and draped, not just draped (bust type C, not A)

Reference

Bland, R., Besly, E., Burnett, A. and Moorhead, S. - 2018 - The Cunetio and Normanby hoards : Cunetio 847

Note:

Attributed to 'Second Eastern Mint'

Reference

Le trésor d'Éauze : 1596

Note:

Attributed to mint of Samosata

Reference

Göbl, MIR 36, 43 and 44 : 1682e

Note:

For dating see pp.133-134

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.294

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