..Just received this one from our very own John Anthony bought at his auction and am now informed and very honored to know that this coin is an ex- @dougsmit piece, a person i highly respect and admire, not to mention i LOVE his coins and his comments too......i cannot find any hint of other metal(altho i'm sure 'its in there so i'll let you judge it for yourself.. POST YER COINS N COMMENTS PEEPS! Valerian l (253-260) AR antoninianus Ob: IMP C P LIC VALERIANUS AVG, emperors bust right Rv: FORTUNA REDUX, Mercury holding mappa & caduceus (&?).. 21mm,3.75gms, ex. Doug Smith Collection
Well done, @ominus1 ... great provenance! He’s a HoosierBoy... Got this one from @John Anthony VALERIAN I RR Prv Macedon Province 168-166 BC Tamios Quaestor Athena Cow - Looks like a horse ... or Eeyore
When the coin was mine, the 'mappa' was thought to be a purse. In this example, it almost looks like a bell with clapper but I took it for a purse with only one teat. I bought the Valerian from Don Zauche in 2016. The attraction was it was a Viminacium. I had too many coins of this period and no longer am trying to get all the various mints. I hope it has found a happy home. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.214
...nuttin' but smiles here Doug...heck, even the cats are happy! ..and it's from the Viminacium mint?..kool!
Nice coin ... I have some 15 Valerians, but only three, which I assigned to the Viminacium mint, based on style: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG // LAETITIA AVGG RIC 216 IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG // PIETATI AVGG RIC 219A Possibly Viminacium IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG // ORIENS AVGG
I bought this one with an attribution to Viminacium, but I think it is from the Rome mint: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG // FIDES MILITVM 253 RIC 89 var
Congrats ominus , nice coin, looks indeed it has a 30% silver contence. Heres another silvery Valerianus: and a lower silver contence 20% silver contence dropped from 30% in 250 AD to 20% in 260 AD to 5% in 270 AD
Great coins Andres2. If the attribution of your second coin to Antioch is correct, then my first two coins should also be attributed to Antioch rather than Viminacium.
I always wondered why Valerian had such higher silver content than Gallienus, even during their joint rule. You can hardly find a bronze or even billon Valerian; most seem to be rather silver. here is my most silver one, with Fides Militvm. And my best and most valuable, but MUCH less silver (also only my second example), the Gallienus and Valerian tag team reverse.