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LOT 2961
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. Near Very Fine.(3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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