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Lot of two (2) coins. 310a Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-258. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated on Amalthean goat to right. MIR 36, 907e; RIC V 3; Cunetio 738; Stevenage 501. Near EF, toned.
Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.
310b Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Antoninianus (23.5mm, 3.21 g, 12h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-258. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated on Amalthean goat to right. MIR 36, 907e; RIC V 3; Cunetio 738; Stevenage 501. VF, toned, green deposits.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1987.
The portrait of the young Caesar on this coin is of a far more mature type than normal. Valerian II is usually depicted as a child on both lifetime and posthumous coinages, but here he is shown as a young man.
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Bought from Manton Associates, 1993.
310b Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Antoninianus (23.5mm, 3.21 g, 12h). Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint. Struck AD 257-258. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter seated on Amalthean goat to right. MIR 36, 907e; RIC V 3; Cunetio 738; Stevenage 501. VF, toned, green deposits.
Bought from Baldwin's, 1987.
The portrait of the young Caesar on this coin is of a far more mature type than normal. Valerian II is usually depicted as a child on both lifetime and posthumous coinages, but here he is shown as a young man.
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