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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Valerian I| > RS64713
Valerian I, October 253 - c. June 260 A.D.
|Valerian| |I|, |Valerian| |I,| |October| |253| |-| |c.| |June| |260| |A.D.|, Struck near the beginning of Valerian's reign, "Saeculi Felicitas" announces the happy times he is bringing to the Roman Empire. Felicitas was the goddess or personification of happiness, good fortune, and success. She played an important role in Rome's state religion during the empire and was frequently portrayed on coins. She became a prominent symbol of the wealth and prosperity of the Roman Empire.
RS64713. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 822d, RIC V-1 249, RSC IV 194, SRCV III 9971, Hunter IV - (p. xxxvii), Cunetio -, aVF, well centered, toned, radiating flow lines, die wear, reverse weakly struck, Viminacium (Stari Kostolac, Serbia) mint, weight 3.396g, maximum diameter 21.2mm, die axis 180o, 253 - 254 A.D.; obverse IMP VALERIANVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse SAECVLI FELICITAS (era of good fortune), Felicitas standing left, long caduceus vertical in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; SOLD











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