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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7798265, member: 99456"]For centuries, Anazarbus was a strategic location for Roman campaigns against the Parthians and others in the East, this coin with prize urns commemorating some sort of games in 253/4 (Civic Year 272). I think this is the same year, same games as the Anazarbus coin from [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]. I like the portrait which has a bit more character than many of his portraits. This dates from the early days of his reign, with Valerian already in the East and tackling the threat of Shapur "The Great". This coin issued ~6 years before Valerian's capture. Roman coins were not issued again from this mint after Valerian was captured & humiliated by Shapur in AD 260.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338929[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cilicia, Anazarbus, Valerian I</b>, AD 253-260, Æ (Hexaassarion?) (27mm, 16.35g, 12h), dated CY 272 = AD 253/4</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛЄPIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>ANAZAPBOV MHTPOΠ, six prize urns, the middle one in upper row containing palm branch; ET BOC (date) across central field between Γ-Γ.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another Valerian from a couple of years later with Shapur advancing into Roman territory. Valerian's coin confident and victorious.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1338949[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Valerian I, AD 253-260</b>, Antoninianus (23mm, 2.87 g, 12h), Samosata mint per Gobl, AD 255-256</p><p><b>Obv: </b>IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> VOTA ORBIS, Two Victories hanging shield inscribed S C on a palm tree</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC V <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.295" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.295" rel="nofollow">295</a>; Göbl <a href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm" rel="nofollow">1682e</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7798265, member: 99456"]For centuries, Anazarbus was a strategic location for Roman campaigns against the Parthians and others in the East, this coin with prize urns commemorating some sort of games in 253/4 (Civic Year 272). I think this is the same year, same games as the Anazarbus coin from [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]. I like the portrait which has a bit more character than many of his portraits. This dates from the early days of his reign, with Valerian already in the East and tackling the threat of Shapur "The Great". This coin issued ~6 years before Valerian's capture. Roman coins were not issued again from this mint after Valerian was captured & humiliated by Shapur in AD 260. [ATTACH=full]1338929[/ATTACH] [B]Cilicia, Anazarbus, Valerian I[/B], AD 253-260, Æ (Hexaassarion?) (27mm, 16.35g, 12h), dated CY 272 = AD 253/4 [B]Obv:[/B] AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛЄPIANOC CЄ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right [B]Rev: [/B]ANAZAPBOV MHTPOΠ, six prize urns, the middle one in upper row containing palm branch; ET BOC (date) across central field between Γ-Γ. Here's another Valerian from a couple of years later with Shapur advancing into Roman territory. Valerian's coin confident and victorious. [ATTACH=full]1338949[/ATTACH] [B]Valerian I, AD 253-260[/B], Antoninianus (23mm, 2.87 g, 12h), Samosata mint per Gobl, AD 255-256 [B]Obv: [/B]IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right [B]Rev:[/B] VOTA ORBIS, Two Victories hanging shield inscribed S C on a palm tree [B]Ref:[/B] RIC V [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_i.295']295[/URL]; Göbl [URL='http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm']1682e[/URL][/QUOTE]
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