bpv_636651 - VOLUSIAN Dupondius
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Price : 100.00 €
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Price : 100.00 €
Type : Dupondius
Date: c. 251-253
Mint name / Town : Antioche, Pisidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 4,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan mince, centré. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : [IMP CAE R SALLOVNHI AVC] (SIC !).
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANTIOC-HIO CO// SR.
Reverse description : Vexillum surmonté d’un aigle tourné à gauche entre deux enseignes.
Reverse translation : “Antiochi Colonia Augusti Senatus Romanus”, (Sénat romain de la colonie auguste d’Antioche).
Historical background
VOLUSIAN
(06/251-06/253)
Augustus
Volusien, proclaimed Caesar on the accession of his father, became august after the death of Hostilien in November 251. He was assassinated at the same time as his father.
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