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Æ27 - Valerian and Gallienus C I F S AN CCXXVIIII

Features

Issuer Sinope (Bithynia and Pontus)
Emperor Valerian (Publius Licinius Valerianus) (253-260)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 259-260
Composition Bronze
Weight 8.97 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
567267
References RPC Online X# 89936
British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press (publisher). Roman Provincial Coinage / Volume 10. From Valerian to Diocletian (AD 253–297). British Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University Press.

Obverse

Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP VALERIANVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Valerianus Augustus

Translation: Emperor Valerian Augustus

Reverse

Neptune standing left, right foot on prow, holding aplustre (?) in right and trident in left

Lettering: C I F S AN CCXXVIIII

Unabridged legend: colonia Iulia Felix Sinope anno CCXXVIIII

Translation: the Iulia Felix colony of Sinope, year 329

Mint

Sinope, Paphlagonia, modern-day Sinp, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (259-260) 

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