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LOT 3147
Valerian II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255.
Viminacium(?) mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, sacrificial implements. RIC V.1 19 (Rome). Very Fine.(3.54gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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