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Buy or Bid Sale 219  5 May 2022
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Valerian I. AE 22; Valerian I; 253-260 AD, Antiochia, Pisidia, AE 22, 5.02g. Not in the standard reference. Obv: IMP CAE R L S LL OVN.... Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed r. Rx: AN[TIOC] - HI OCL on l. and r., S - R across lower field (the S obscured by a die fault), Draped figure seated l. on high-backed throne, extending r. hand. The obverse legend is bungled, but similar to Krzyzanowska's dies VII-VIII which she assigns to Valerian I. The reverse shows a new type, unknown to Krzyzanowska for Valerian, and unexpected: of the 62 reverse dies that she catalogues for that emperor, 60 show variants of a single type, legionary eagle flanked by two standards, and only two dies, nos. 19 and 20, show different types, namely the emperor on horseback and Pax standing. Our coin now brings a new type, divinity seated on high-backed throne, which stands out against the mass of three-standard dies.. gVF
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