Roman Imperial coin – HCR8703

Obverse

Inscription:

IMP C P LIC VALERIVNVS P F AVG

Design:

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

Reverse

Inscription:

PIETAS AVGG

Design:

Valerian and Gallienus, togate, standing face to face, both sacrificing out of patera in right hands over lighted altar set between them; emperor on left holding an eagle-tipped sceptre in left hand and emperor on right holding a baton 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

Samosata, 'Second Eastern Mint' (Roman Imperial)

Denomination

Antoninianus

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

256 – 260 CE (according to Göbl, MIR 36)

Note

HCR8703

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.82

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.2

Acquisition method

loan

Acquisition date

18/10/1940

Source

Queen's College

Acquisition credit

Lent by The Queen's College, 1940.

mint attribution: uncertain
imitation?

Issue

Second Series

Reference

RIC V.1 (first edition) : cf. 285 var.

Note:

Obverse inscription is IMP C P LIC VALERIVNVS P F AVG, not IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: die-engraver error or imitation?; 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 : cf. Cunetio 848

Note:

Attributed to 'Second Eastern Mint'; Obverse inscription is IMP C P LIC VALERIVNVS P F AVG, not IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: die-engraver error or imitation?

Reference

Le trésor d'Éauze : cf. 1597

Note:

Attributed to mint of Samosata; Obverse inscription is IMP C P LIC VALERIVNVS P F AVG, not IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: die-engraver error or imitation?

Reference

Göbl, MIR 36, 43 and 44 : cf. 1684e

Note:

For dating see p.134; Obverse inscription is IMP C P LIC VALERIVNVS P F AVG, not IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG: die-engraver error or imitation?

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.285

Contributors to this coin record

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