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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2871223, member: 75937&quot;]Not new purchases, but it has been a bit since we&#039;ve had a thread on either of these two. It&#039;s interesting to note that although these coins were issued about the same time and by the same issuing authority, the price of the former was about 1/40th of the latter!</p><p><br /></p><p>Poor Valerian! When he revolted against Aemilian, he inherited a mess. His reign (AD 253-260) became a turning point in Roman history, both political and economic (and hence, numismatic). Uranius Antoninus and his forces held out in Emesa until Valerian could eliminate them in AD 254. Meanwhile, the eastern provinces fell victim to Persian aggression, with Antioch itself falling into Persian hands in AD 256. Not only that, but much of Asia Minor were attacked by Goths, who sacked many important cities, such as Nicomedia, Nicaea, and Ephesus. Valerian&#039;s reign came to an unseemly end in AD 260, when Valerian himself was captured by the Sassanid Shapur in Mesopotamia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Such events had long-term consequences for the Roman economy. The great majority of provincial mints ceased production, their final issues being for Valerian and his family. The Roman state, bankrupt as it was, could no longer issue silver coins, even at very debased levels. The traditional bronze denominations of as, dupondius, and sestertius essentially came to a halt. This currency situation lasted until after AD 270, under the reforms of Aurelian, by which time most of the provincial mints had been closed for more than a decade, and there was no revival of provincial coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mariniana, the wife of the hapless emperor, apparently died before her husband&#039;s accession, as all of her coins were issued posthumously and bear the obverse inscription DIVAE MARINIANAE and the reverse inscription CONSECRATIO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your coins of Valerian I and/or Mariniana!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]686220[/ATTACH]</p><p>Valerian I, AD 253-260</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus; 3.29 g, 20.2 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 257</p><p>Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped bust, right</p><p>Rev: P M TR P V COS IIII P P, emperor seated left, holding globe and scepter</p><p>Refs: RIC 142c; Cohen 166; RCV 9961; Hunter p. xxxiv.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]686221[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Mariniana, died AD 253, wife of Valerian and mother of Gallienus</p><p>Roman AR Antoninianus, 3.04 g; 23.5 mm</p><p>Rome mint, AD 253-257</p><p>Obv: DIVAE MARINIANAE, veiled, draped bust r., on crescent.</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO, peacock standing facing, head l., tail in splendor.</p><p>Refs: RIC 3; Cohen 3; RCV 10067; Temeryazev &amp; Makarenko 560; Eauze Hoard-1318 (23 spec.); Cunetio Hoard-646 (22 spec.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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