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Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 3.65 g, 1h). Viminacium mint. Issue 2b. IMP VALERIANVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIAE EXERCITI, Concordia standing left, holding patera over altar, and cornucopiae. MIR 36, 802d; RIC V 235 (Milan); Cunetio –; Chalfont 324; Eauze 1373. . Very rare, only two pieces noted by MIR (the Eauze piece illustrated, the Chalfont coin is presumably the other example).
Ex Berk BBS 179 (24 May 2012), lot 370.
The reverse inscription appears to be grammatically incorrect. The word 'exercitus' (army) is a 4th declension noun, with genitive 'exercitūs'. 'Exerciti' would be correct only for a 1st declension noun. Perhaps the die-sinker at this frontier mint was not a native Latin speaker!
Ex Berk BBS 179 (24 May 2012), lot 370.
The reverse inscription appears to be grammatically incorrect. The word 'exercitus' (army) is a 4th declension noun, with genitive 'exercitūs'. 'Exerciti' would be correct only for a 1st declension noun. Perhaps the die-sinker at this frontier mint was not a native Latin speaker!