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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 7530513, member: 93702"]I have a very rough sestertius of Valerian.. most are pretty bad - mine is even worse.. but I am glad to have it. His story is certainly one of the more interesting in all of Roman history...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300292[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Valerianus I. (253-260 AD). AE Sestertius (27 mm, 15.93 g), Rome, 253-254 AD.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev. VICTORIA AVGG / S - C, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1300295[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><font size="3">Billon Silver Antoninianus 20mm (4.06 grams) struck circa 256-260 A.D.</font></p><p><font size="3">IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right.</font></p><p><font size="3">RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, the Orient, turreted, standing right, presenting wreath to the emperor, standing facing, head left, holding scepter.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1300298[/ATTACH]</p><p>Rock-face relief at Naqsh-e Rustam of Shapur (on horseback) with Philip the Arab and Emperor Valerian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 7530513, member: 93702"]I have a very rough sestertius of Valerian.. most are pretty bad - mine is even worse.. but I am glad to have it. His story is certainly one of the more interesting in all of Roman history... [ATTACH=full]1300292[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Valerianus I. (253-260 AD). AE Sestertius (27 mm, 15.93 g), Rome, 253-254 AD. Obv. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGG / S - C, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm[/SIZE] [B][ATTACH=full]1300295[/ATTACH][/B] [SIZE=3]Billon Silver Antoninianus 20mm (4.06 grams) struck circa 256-260 A.D. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right. RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, the Orient, turreted, standing right, presenting wreath to the emperor, standing facing, head left, holding scepter.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1300298[/ATTACH] Rock-face relief at Naqsh-e Rustam of Shapur (on horseback) with Philip the Arab and Emperor Valerian[/QUOTE]
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