Saturday, 7 July 2012

Roman coin: Emperor Valerian, AR Antoninianus, Vulcan, RIC 5

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Valerian I
Augustus, 253 - 260 AD

Coin: AR Antoninianus

Obverse: VALERIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust facing to the right.
Reverse: DEO VOLKANO, Vulcan standing to the left, within a tetrastyle temple, holding a hammer with his right hand, about to strike an anvil to his lower right, and holding pincers with his left hand.

Weight: 2.60 grams
Dimensions: 20 x 22 x 1 mm
Die axis: 35 degrees

Mint: Cologne, struck between 259 - 260 AD
Reference: RIC 5

Rated Rare


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