Antoninianus - Valerianus ORIENS AVGG; Sol

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260) Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	258-256
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	21 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 285870
References	RIC V.1# 10 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.val_i.10 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Valerian, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP VALERIANVS P AVG

Translation:
Imperator Valerianus Pius Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Valerianus, the pious, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Sol, radiate, walking left, raising right hand, holding whip in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ORIENS AVGG

Translation:
Oriens Duorum Augustorum.
The rising sun of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (258-256)

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