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

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 255-259
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC V.1#29b, OCRE#ric.5.val_i.29b
Obverse description Bust of Valerian, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Valerian, standing right, sacrificing out of patera in right hand at altar and holding sceptre in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse 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.)
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Mintage ND (255-259) - -
Numisquare ID 1676843420
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