| URI |
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/63831
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| Volume |
X |
| Number |
— (unassigned; ID 63831) |
| Province |
Syria Phoenice
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| Region |
Syria
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| City |
Heliopolis
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| Reign |
Valerian and Gallienus
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| Person (obv.) |
Valerian (Augustus)
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| Obverse inscription |
IMP CAES P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG |
| Edition |
Imp(erator) Caes(ar) P(ublius) Lic(inius) Valerianus P(ius) F(elix) Aug(ustus)
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| Translation |
Emperor Caesar Publius Licinius Valerian Pious Fortunate Augustus |
| Obverse design |
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian, right, seen from rear |
| Reverse inscription |
CER SAC CAP OEC ISEL HEL, COL HEL |
| Edition |
cer(tamina) sac(ra) Cap(itolina) Oec(umenica) Isel(astica) Hel(iopolitana) col(onia) Hel(iopolis)
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| Translation |
the sacred Capitoline universal iselastic Heliopolitan contests, the colony Heliopolis |
| 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 |
| Average weight |
13.37 g |
| 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.
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