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Æ26 - Valerian and Gallienus COL PTOL

Features

Issuer Ptolemais (Syria Phoenice)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 253-260
Composition Bronze
Weight 14.89 g
Diameter 26 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
524011
References RPC Online X# 62883
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAE LIC VALERIANVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Licinius Valerianus Augustus

Translation: Emperor Caesar Licinius Valerianus Augustus

Reverse

Zodiac around shrine with two columns and flat roof enclosing god holding torch and sceptre; below, two carrying rods

Lettering: COL PTOL

Unabridged legend: colonia Ptolemais

Translation: colony of Ptolemais

Mint

Ptolemais, modern-day Acre, Israel

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (253-260) 

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