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RIC V Valerian II 3

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 255

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Antoninianus in silver struck at Lugdunum under Valerian, AD 255, catalogued as RIC V Valerian II 3. Obverse: Bust of Valerian II, radiate, draped, right. Reverse: Infant Jupiter on goat. Obverse legend: VALERIANVS CAES. Reverse legend: IOVI CRESCENTI.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
5
Catalogue references
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Historical context

Valerian II was the eldest son of Emperor Gallienus and grandson of Emperor Valerian, who belonged to a traditional senatorial family. This antoninianus was produced in AD 255 at Lugdunum, a prominent Roman city in Gaul and the capital of Gallia Lugdunensis, during the reign of Valerian. Denominations of this kind had originally been introduced in early 215 by Caracalla, who had been born in Lugdunum.

Physical characteristics

Material
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Antoninianus

Technical characteristics

Mint
Lugdunum
Issuing authority
Valerian

Design

Obverse type
Bust of Valerian II, radiate, draped, right
Reverse type
Infant Jupiter on goat
Obverse legend
VALERIANVS CAES
Reverse legend
IOVI CRESCENTI

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.val_ii.3
Catalogue reference
RIC V Valerian II 3
Type corpus identifier
ric.5.val_ii.3
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

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