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Aureus with bust of Valerian I

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 253
Mint: Antioch

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.39 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.52
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Valerian I, laureate, draped, right. IMPCPLICVALERIANVSAVG
Reverse: Victory driving biga right.
VICTORIAE AVGG (in exergue)

ProvenanceBy 1958: with Leu & Co.'s Bank, Ltd., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Leu & Co.'s Bank, Ltd., February 12, 1964