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Message:: [QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1933436, member: 44183"]Oh sorry, Z ... I guess you were actually asking about Antoninianus, eh? ...  ... well, I do have a couple of Valerians to post ... => this is a Billon example ...  Valerian I, Billon , Antoninianus 253-260 ADDiameter: 23 mmWeight: 3.76 gramsObverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Valerian bust right radiate cuirassed and drapedReverse: VOTA ORBIS, Two victories attaching shield inscribed SC to a palm-tree  [ATTACH=full]333797[/ATTACH]  => and then I have this silver baby as a comparison  Valerian II. Caesar, AR Antoninianusmint of Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne)256-258 ADDiameter: 22 mmWeight: 4.18 gramsObverse: VALERIANVS CAES,  Radiate and draped bust rightReverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, Youthful Jupiter, head left, raising right hand, riding goat rightReference: RIC V(vol. 1), pg 116, #3Other: VF. Good silver, well struck and centered. Light golden toning  [ATTACH=full]333798[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]