VOLUSIAN AR antoninianus - 252 AD

obv:IMP.CAE.C.VIB.VOLVSIANO.AVG
rev:VIRTVS AVGG (Virtus standing left, holding spear and leaning on shield, star on field)
ref:RIC187, C.135
mint:Rome, 3.76gms
Scarce
”Only his ’Virtus Augg.’ strike a sterner note. It was perhaps felt that the government might otherwise appear too soft. The issue with a star covers only about one-third of the year. As a solar symbol the star had been used by the Emperor Elagabalus, the priest of Elagabalus the Sun-god. Here it may possibly refer to Apollo in his capacity of Sun-god. The exact occasion has not been determined.” (RIC IViii pp156-157)

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