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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3774254, member: 57495"]Another case of RIC being apparently wrong on a coin being "common" is this Valerian antoninianus. The type is in fact common for Trebonianus Gallus, but for Valerian, I've found no other examples in acsearch, wildwinds, coryssa, OCRE, the British Museum collection, or in the Cunetio and Normanby hoards. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1009172[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>VALERIAN</b></p><p>Billon Antoninianus. 2.82g, 20.5mm. Rome mint, AD 256-257. RIC 76; Cohen 28; Cunetio -. O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: APOLL SALVTARI, Apollo standing left holding laurel branch in right hand and lyre resting on rock in left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3774254, member: 57495"]Another case of RIC being apparently wrong on a coin being "common" is this Valerian antoninianus. The type is in fact common for Trebonianus Gallus, but for Valerian, I've found no other examples in acsearch, wildwinds, coryssa, OCRE, the British Museum collection, or in the Cunetio and Normanby hoards. [ATTACH=full]1009172[/ATTACH] [B]VALERIAN[/B] Billon Antoninianus. 2.82g, 20.5mm. Rome mint, AD 256-257. RIC 76; Cohen 28; Cunetio -. O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: APOLL SALVTARI, Apollo standing left holding laurel branch in right hand and lyre resting on rock in left.[/QUOTE]
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