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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Valerian I| > RS64738
Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D.
|Valerian| |I|, |Valerian| |I,| |October| |253| |-| |c.| |June| |260| |A.D.|, Virtus was a specific virtue in ancient Rome. It carried connotations of valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth, perceived as masculine strengths (from Latin vir, "man"). It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors and was personified as the deity Virtus.
RS64738. Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1566a (Antioch), RSC IV 241 (Viminacium), Hunter IV 66 (eastern), RIC V-1 225 (S, Rome), SRCV III -, F, porous spots of corrosion, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 3.544g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 0o, 254 A.D.; obverse IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse VICTORIAE AVGG (victory of the two emperors), Virtus standing half right, wearing military garb, spear in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield at side; scarce; SOLD











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