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Aureus - Valerianus P M TR P III COS III P P

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 255-259
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
285894
References RIC V.1# 29f
Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.5.val_i.29f
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Valerian, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Valerian, standing right, sacrificing out of patera in right hand at altar and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P III COS III P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (255-259) 

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