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Valerian I. AD 253-260. Antoninianus (21mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Rome mint. 2nd issue, AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / LIBERALITAS AVGG, Valerian I and Gallienus seated left; between them, Valerian II standing left. MIR 36, 68c; RIC V 102 corr. (bust type and rev. description); Cunetio –; Normanby –; Stevenage –; Chalfont –; Eauze 1157. Near VF, some porosity. Very rare, only nine recorded by MIR, including the one in the Eauze hoard; missing from other major hoards.
Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 1991. Ex Jacquier FPL 13 (Autumn 1991), no. 257.
This issue is discussed by Daniel Schaad in Eauze pp. 267-9. He suggests that these coins depict Valerian II between his father and grandfather and were intended to mark his presence at the renewal of the emperors' tribunician powers on 10 December 255. He illustrates eight specimens with obverses of Valerian I, of which no. 7 is this coin, along with three examples with obverses of Gallienus. Tabelle 2 in MIR includes nine specimens, presumably including the eight illustrated by Schaad. Most are in major museum collections.
Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 1991. Ex Jacquier FPL 13 (Autumn 1991), no. 257.
This issue is discussed by Daniel Schaad in Eauze pp. 267-9. He suggests that these coins depict Valerian II between his father and grandfather and were intended to mark his presence at the renewal of the emperors' tribunician powers on 10 December 255. He illustrates eight specimens with obverses of Valerian I, of which no. 7 is this coin, along with three examples with obverses of Gallienus. Tabelle 2 in MIR includes nine specimens, presumably including the eight illustrated by Schaad. Most are in major museum collections.