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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3215820, member: 85693&quot;]Nice coins gsimonel.&nbsp; To take the thread into another generation, here is Gallenius&#039;s son Valerian II.&nbsp; These are my first of this ruler, got &#039;em both this month.&nbsp; I like their startled-looking portraits - given his biography, Valerian II had a lot to be startled about</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836156[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian II Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(son of Gallienus)</b></p><p><b>(c. 256-258 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch or Samosata Mint</b></p><p>VALERIANVS NOBIL CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust rt. / PRINC IVVENTVTIS prince standing crowning trophy to left, holding spear and shield.</p><p>RIC 49; Göbl 1694b; RSC 67a.</p><p>(3.26 grams / 21 x 18 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]836157[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Valerian II Antoninianus</b></p><p><b>(son of Gallienus)</b></p><p><b>(c. 256-258 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Antioch or Samosata Mint</b></p><p>[V]ALERIANVS NOBIL CAES, radiate, draped bust right / [SPES P]VBLICA, Spes advancing left, with flower, raising hem of robe.</p><p>RIC 52A Antioch; Sear 10740; Göbl 1695b Samosata.</p><p>(3.33 grams / 21 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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