Antoninianus - Volusianus PAX AVGVS; Pax

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Volusianus) (251-253) Trebonianus Gallus (Gaius Vibius Afinius Trebonianus Gallus) (251-253)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	251-253
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 284107
References	RIC IV.3# 230B Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland; 1949. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.3. Gordian III – Uranius Antoninus (AD 238–253). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.vo.230B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Volusian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C V AF GAL VEND VOLVSIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Vibius Afinius Gallus Veldumnianus Volusianus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PAX AVGVS

Translation:
Pax Augusti.
Peace provided by the Emperor.

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (251-253)

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