brm_949490 - VALERIAN II Antoninien
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Type : Antoninien
Date: 259-260
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,24 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, légèrement décentré au revers. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DIVO VALERIANO CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié et drapé de Valérien II à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A21).
Obverse translation : “Divo Valeriano Caesari”, (Au divin Valérien césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSACRATIO.
Reverse description : Aigle volant à droite emportant Valérien II au ciel, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche et levant la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Consacratio”, (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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