Picked this up from CT member @Valentinian. Valerian I AR Antoninianus 253-255 AD Minted in Rome 22mm 3.68g Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, drape bust right Reverse: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing left holding 2 standards. I love the detail and toning on this coin and just wanted to show it off a little Thanks for looking...Mont
Nice coin. I guess the troops were loyal to Valerian, but that didn't save him against the Persians...
Nice pick up @MontCollector . Well centered and detailed. But... this.GUY... Boy, did he mess up a few things! My Val-Loser: RI Valerian I 253-260 CE AR Ant Felicitas stndg Caduceus and Cornucopia RI Valerian I 253-260 CE AE 20mm Alexandria Troas mint Horse Grazing
Nice coin, Valerian still looks pretty pleased on this coin, that would change when he took a long holiday in Persia. Have 2 coins of the emperor:
Thanks all! Nice to see your Valerians as well That's what I thought when I 1st saw it. I wasn't sure what to buy next and when I saw this one I just had to buy it. The toning and details are outstanding IMHO. It makes one wonder about how a coin this old stayed this well preserved. I know that @Valentinian bought this one from a collector in 1977. Coincidentally this collector lived just south of me in here in Montana. So that's the history for the last 41 years, but before that...who knows???
You're right. Who knows? I have a Vespasian coin once collected by John Quincy Adams. Even though that's only a small part of it's history, it's still impressive. And makes one wonder where it was before he owned it.
Lovely OP coin! They aren't usually so well-centered or well-struck. This is a more typical Valerian example. Valerian talking like a pirate, "Arggh!": Valerian I, AD 253-260 Roman billon antoninianus; 3.29 g, 20.2 mm Rome, AD 257 Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped bust, right Rev: P M TR P V COS IIII P P, emperor seated left, holding globe and scepter Refs: RIC 142c; Cohen 166; RCV 9961; Hunter p. xxxiv.
