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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 25956405, member: 87809&quot;]Won this Valerian I coin a while ago. I liked very much the reverse, which I hadn&#039;t come across before. [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER], after reading your very interesting message, it could be interpreted as the foot of Shapur<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, even though I found that the foot is an allegory to Mercury:</p><p><br /></p><p>AE 30, 16.68 g, 1h</p><p>Phoenicia, Ake-Ptolemais, 253 – 260 AD struck under the authority of Valerianus I and his son Gallienus</p><p>RPC X, number unassigned, ID 62858 (8 specimens, 1 in the core collection); Rosenberger 84; Sofaer 288; Kadman, IV Akko 250; BMC 47</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: IMP CE LIC VALERIANVS AVG Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valerianus I to r. seen from the front</p><p>Rev.: COLP-TOL right foot to r. with attachment at top; above, winged thunderbolt; below, harpa with point to r.; at right, winged caduceus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy CNG:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1651832[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1651833[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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