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Valerian II
as Caesar AD 256 - 258
Billon Antoninianus
Rome mint AD 258 -259
Coins Catalog ID: 8002
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Sales Description
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Obverse: DIVO CAES VALERIANO - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: CONSECRATIO - Altar.
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References:
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RIC, vol. V I, p. 118, 24C
Cohen 12
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Valerian II - Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus:
Son of Gallienus and Salonina;
Brother of Saloninus.
AD 256 - 258 Caesar under Valerian I and Gallienus
Mints: Antioch, Lugdunum, Rome.
Biography: Valerian was the son of Gallienus and named so in honor of his grandfather Valerian I. After his father became Augustus in 253, Valerian I, in order to safeguard the dynasty, made the boy Caesar in 256. While Valerian and Gallienus were on campaign, the boy was entrusted Ingenuus, a commander under Gallienus. Two years later, however, the boy died under mysterious circumstances. Since not too long after Ingenuus rebelled rumor had it that he had been murdered by his tutor, but the evidence is lacking.
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