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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3640720, member: 85693&quot;]That is indeed a very nice Valerian II.&nbsp; I recently got one with the boy on the eagle flying heavenward that is, unfortunately, a more typical strike.&nbsp; It is a type I&#039;ve wanted for a while, and it was cheap.&nbsp; But I can&#039;t tell what is worse - the awful strike or actual wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977265[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian II&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(son of Gallienus; post.)</b></p><p><b>(c. 257-258 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Lyons (RIC) or Cologne Mint</b></p><p>DIVO VALERIANO CAES, radiate and draped bust right /CONSACRATIO, eagle flying right, bearing the deceased young Caesar to heaven.</p><p>RIC 9; Göbl 0911e; RSC 5.</p><p>(2.41 grams / 21 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of (somewhat) better ones.&nbsp; An interesting, fleeting figure from an interesting time:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]977267[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]977268[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I still need a goat![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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