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cn coin 1151

Mint
Nikaia 🔍  
Date

c. 253-259 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1853_V11 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse Π ΟV ΛΙΚ ΟVΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟᛈ ᛈΕΒ
Design
Radiate bust of Valerian, left, wearing cuirass; holding spear in right hand and shield on left shoulder.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1854_R15 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ - ΒVΖΑΝΤΙ*ΩΝ* / i.f. ΟΜ/ΟΝ/ΟΙ/Α
Design
Two torches, inbetween, lighted altar.
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Persons

Sitter: Valerian I. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 23 mm
Weight
6.81 g
Axis
2
Owner

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Coin and Medal Collection, Glasgow, gb ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1854, Hunter 2

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Kaiserzeit, Berlin 1972 p. 125, nr. 1854.3  ❐

Macdonald, Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection 1, Glasgow 1899 p. 398, nr. 2  ❐

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cn coin 1151, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1151 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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