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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4107859, member: 44316&quot;]Dating the events of the reigns of Valerian and Gallienus is difficult. Ancient sources are not clear. We have all heard about Valerian being captured by the Sasanians. That war could hardly be celebrated. So, the OP coin has been taken as evidence there were two wars in the east, one successful (RESTITVT ORIENTIS) and the second one not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1066827[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the coinage can help straighten this out, but RIC was written much too long ago to have reliable chronology.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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