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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Volusian| > RS84394
Volusian, c. November 251 - July or August 253 A.D.
|Volusian|, |Volusian,| |c.| |November| |251| |-| |July| |or| |August| |253| |A.D.|, Pietas in traditional Latin usage expressed a complex, highly valued Roman virtue; a man or woman with pietas respected his or her responsibilities to the gods, family, other people and entities (such as the state), and understood his or her place in society with respect to others.
RS84394. Silver antoninianus, RIC IV 182, RSC IV 88, Hunter III 19, SRCV III 9761, F, well centered, bumps and scratches, edge crack, Rome mint, weight 1.905g, maximum diameter 21.5mm, die axis 180o, 251 - 253 A.D.; obverse IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PIETAS AVGG (to the piety of the two emperors), Pietas standing slightly left, veiled head left, raising both hands in prayer, flaming altar at feet on left; scarce; SOLD










OBVERSE| LEGENDS|

CVIBIOVOLVSIANOCAES
IMCAFGALVENDVOLVSIANOAVG
IMCVAFGALVENDVOLVSIANAVG
IMCVAFGMVENDVOLVSIANOAVG
IMPCAECVIBVOLVSIANOAVG
IMPCAECVIBVOLVSIANVSAVG
IMPCCVIBVOLVSIANVSAVG
IMPCVAFGALVALVENDVOLVSIANVSAVG
IMPCVAFGALVENDVOLVSIANOAVG
IMPCVAFGALVENDVOLVSIANVSAVG
IMPCVAFGMVOLVSIANOAVG
IMPCVOLVSIANOAVG
IMPCVOLVSIANVSAVG

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