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E-auction 132-73012 - bpv_366283 - VALERIAN II Tétradrachme

VALERIAN II Tétradrachme VF/VF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 216 €
Maximum bid : 230 €
End of the sale : 26 October 2015 15:07:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Patine marron granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Valérien II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse legend : P LIK KOR OUALERIANOS KAIS SEB.
Obverse translation : (Publius Licinius Cornélius Valérien césar auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : // LE.
Reverse description : Le Nil étendu à gauche, nu jusqu’à la ceinture, appuyé sur un rocher, tenant u roseau et une corne d’abondace.
Reverse translation : (an 5).

Commentary


Grand buste. Ce type semble infiniment plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


VALERIAN II

(256-258)

Caesar

Young Valerian receives the titles of Caesar in 256 and "Princeps Iuventutis". He goes to the Danubian front, where he finds death in 258.

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