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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Crisis & Decline| > |Valerian II| > RA92965
Valerian II, Caesar, Early 256 - 258 A.D.
|Valerian| |II|, |Valerian| |II,| |Caesar,| |Early| |256| |-| |258| |A.D.|, When Augustus ruled Rome, he was not called emperor or king, he was the Princeps, the "first of men." In the empire, the designated successors to the emperor were named caesar and also given the title Princeps Juventutis, the "first of youths." This is the origin of the English word prince, meaning the son of a monarch.
RA92965. Silver antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1694b, RIC V-1 49, RSC IV 67, SRCV III 10735, VF, well centered, uneven strike with some legend weak, tiny edge cracks, Syrian (Samosata?) mint, weight 3.417g, maximum diameter 21.8mm, die axis 180o, 256 - 258 A.D.; obverse VALERIANVS NOBIL CAES, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse PRINC IVVENTVTIS (Prince of Youth), Valerian, shield on ground and spear in left, crowning trophy of captured arms with right; scarce; SOLD











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