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Antoninianus with bust of Valerian II, struck under Valerian I and Gallienus
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 255
Mint: Lugdunum
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 3.56 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.5011
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Valerian II, radiate, draped, right.
VALERIANVSCAES
Reverse: Jupiter as infant seated front on goat Amalthea walking right; his right arm is extended with his left hand he seizes right horn of Amalthea.
IOVICRESCENTI
VALERIANVSCAES
Reverse: Jupiter as infant seated front on goat Amalthea walking right; his right arm is extended with his left hand he seizes right horn of Amalthea.
IOVICRESCENTI
ProvenanceBy date unknown: The Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins; bequest of Augustine Shurtleff to MFA; accessioned February 5, 1901