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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4847400, member: 87200"]Here's my Valerian II, nice reverse strike which pushed the cost up...</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck: 257-258, Cologne.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerianii1-jpg.1085020/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerianii2-jpg.1085021/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a very run-of-the-mill Valerian:</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian I, A.D. 253-260</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Antoninianus, 21 mm, 3.8 grams, 12h</p><p><br /></p><p>Mediolanum mint, A.D. 253-255</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG</p><p>Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: LAETITIA AVGG</p><p>Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RIC Va 216, p. 55</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian1-jpg.730010/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian2-jpg.730011/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am also showing the relief at Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran, depicting the captured Valerian, carved in a mountainside along the Great Silk Road, so all of the travelers going along the road would behold the glory of Shapur. Phillip the Arab is also depicted.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-jpg.730012/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4847400, member: 87200"]Here's my Valerian II, nice reverse strike which pushed the cost up... Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams Struck: 257-258, Cologne. Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn. Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerianii1-jpg.1085020/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerianii2-jpg.1085021/[/IMG] And a very run-of-the-mill Valerian: Valerian I, A.D. 253-260 AR Antoninianus, 21 mm, 3.8 grams, 12h Mediolanum mint, A.D. 253-255 Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind Reverse: LAETITIA AVGG Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder Reference: RIC Va 216, p. 55 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian1-jpg.730010/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian2-jpg.730011/[/IMG] I am also showing the relief at Naqsh-i-Rustam, Iran, depicting the captured Valerian, carved in a mountainside along the Great Silk Road, so all of the travelers going along the road would behold the glory of Shapur. Phillip the Arab is also depicted. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-jpg.730012/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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