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LOT 2914
Divus Valerian II BI Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Rome mint; struck AD 258. 2nd-5th emission. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261g; RSC 12. Good Very Fine.(3.03gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aureolus was an extraordinarily capable general who served under Valerian and Gallienus. He revolted against Gallienus in AD 267, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck.
