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LOT 3227
Valerian II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 256-258.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 256. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter riding goat to right. RIC V.1 3 (Lugdunum); MIR 907e. Very Fine.(2.99gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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