RPC — Type: 63831


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Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63831 json ttl rdf xml
Volume	X
Number	— (unassigned; ID 63831)
Province	Syria Phoenice
Region	Syria
City	Heliopolis
Reign	Valerian and Gallienus
Person (obv.)	Valerian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG
Obverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription	CER SAC CAP OEC ISEL HEL, COL HEL
Reverse design	naked athlete advancing left holding palm branch in left and with right reaching into urn in front of him
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	12
Reference	Sawaya 659 (Valerian) and 817–821 (Valerian II)
Specimens	10 (4 in the core collections)
Note	For a discussion of the attribution of some pieces to Valerian II, based on a particular obverse die, see introduction.

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
—	—	P: 188		28	16.65	12		Show
—	—	P: 187		28	14.77	12		Show
—	—	B: 18209679, 1911/626 FM Baalbek		26	9.35	12		Show
—	—	V: GR 21914		27	15.73	12	*	Show
—	—	Beirut-AUB		25	12.13	12		Show
—	—		Bank of Lebanon 398 = Sawaya 659	28	9.20			Show
—	—		CGT coll.	27	15.67	12		Show
—	—		Lindgren I, 2171		12.45			Show
—	—		M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 714	27	13.28			Show
—	— ✸		Peus 403, 27 Apr. 2011, lot 829	27	14.50			Show