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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3158238, member: 85693"]Great post, Roman Collector, and nice commentary everybody else. I just recently got a Valerian that I'd been poking around getting information for, and now I feel a lot smarter. That <i>Coins Weekly</i> article by Claire Franklin-Werz was very informative too. </p><p><br /></p><p>For mint info for Gallienus and family, I like to use <a href="http://gallienus.net/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gallienus.net/" rel="nofollow">http://gallienus.net/</a>which is arranged in a very useful chart form showing the different mint attributions by authority. Sometimes everybody agrees, but in this instance, RIC 287c is listed as Antioch (RIC), Samosata (Göbl) and Syrian Mint (Sear). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]810112[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian I Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(c. 256-258 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch or Samosata or Syrian mint </b></p><p>IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rt. / RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Orient, turreted, right presenting wreath to Valerian, in military attire, left.</p><p>RIC 287c; RSC 189; Sear 9967</p><p>(4.12 grams / 23 x 20 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3158238, member: 85693"]Great post, Roman Collector, and nice commentary everybody else. I just recently got a Valerian that I'd been poking around getting information for, and now I feel a lot smarter. That [I]Coins Weekly[/I] article by Claire Franklin-Werz was very informative too. For mint info for Gallienus and family, I like to use [url]http://gallienus.net/[/url]which is arranged in a very useful chart form showing the different mint attributions by authority. Sometimes everybody agrees, but in this instance, RIC 287c is listed as Antioch (RIC), Samosata (Göbl) and Syrian Mint (Sear). [ATTACH=full]810112[/ATTACH] [B]Valerian I Antoninianus (c. 256-258 A.D.) Antioch or Samosata or Syrian mint [/B] IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rt. / RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Orient, turreted, right presenting wreath to Valerian, in military attire, left. RIC 287c; RSC 189; Sear 9967 (4.12 grams / 23 x 20 mm)[/QUOTE]
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