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Valerian I, AE28, Varbanov I 88
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Valerian I
Senior Augustus, 253 – 260 A.D.
Coin: AE28
Obverse: IMP P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right.
Reverse: PROVINCIA DACIA, personification of Dacia, standing between an Eagle and a Lion, holding a Laurel Branch with her right hand and a Sceptre with her left. ANVIII in exergue.
Weight: 10.12 g, Diameter: 28.2 x 25.3 x 2.2 mm, Die axis: 0°, Mint: Dacia, Year: VIII (253-254 A.D.), Reference: Varbanov I 88
Rated Rare (R7, 20 - 50 examples known)
Legion V Macedonia (emblem: Eagle, based in Potaissa)* & Legion XIII Gemina (emblem: Lion, based in Apulum)
* Valerian gave Legion V Macedonia the name "III* Pia III Fidelis"
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