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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gogili1977, post: 3116650, member: 86398&quot;]Valerian I, 253-260. Antoninianus. Obv. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Oriens, turreted, standing right, presenting wreath to emperor, standing left, holding spear. RIC 287.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The reverse legend, RESTITVT ORIENTIS, proclaims Valerian I as the restorer of the East, with the type echoing the sentiment by showing the figure of a turreted and draped female (the Orient) presenting him with a wreath. It is an historically ironic yet interesting type: shortly after Valerian invaded the Sasanian Empire he was captured and made a slave to the Sasanian monarch, Shapur I. Though the reliability of each of their accounts is suspect and their is also some slight evidence that Valerian was treated humanely, both Eutropius and Lanctantius relate that the aged emperor suffered many indignities at the hands of his captors, and was eventually disposed of by being forced to swallow molten gold or by being flayed alive.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]792134[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792135[/ATTACH]</p><p>Valerian I, 253-260. Antoninianus, Samosata, 255-256. Obv. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I to right. Rev. PIETAS AVGG The two emperors standing facing one another, sacrificing over lighted altar, with the one on the left holding an eagle-tipped scepter in his right hand, and the one on the right holding a parazonium in his left. RIC 285.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]792136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]792137[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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