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LOT 3226
Valerian AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Samosata mint; struck AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTA ORBIS, two Victories affixing shield inscribed S C on palm tree. RIC V.1 294 (Antioch) var. (bust type); MIR 1682e; RSC 280 var. (bust type). Good Very Fine.(3.60gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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