brm_669016 - VALERIAN II Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 258
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, légèrement décentré. Usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO CAES VALERIANO .
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Valérien II à droite (O).
Obverse translation : “Divo Cæsari Valeriano”, (Au divin césar Valérien).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSECRATIO.
Reverse description : Autel à caissons paré et allumé.
Reverse translation : “Consecratio”, (Consécration).
Historical background
VALERIAN II
(+258)
Consecration of Valerian and Gallienus
After his death, Valérien II was deified by Valérien I and Gallien. The following year, his younger brother Salonin was raised to the Cesarat. The coinage of Valerian II divus seems to stop in 259 or at the latest in 260 after the capture of Valerian I.
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