panzerman Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Picked up this from French dealer (Odysseus) MA-shops... This is the best ex. I have ever come across. Imperial Rome Publius Licinius Cornelius Valerianus II 256-58AD AR Ant. ND struck circa 257/8AD Colonia Agrippinensis Mint 22.4mm. 2.82g. .030 12h VALERIANVS CAES Radiant/ Draped Bust Left IOVI CRESCENTI Young Jupiter riding Amalthean Goat Please post your Valerian II coins. 11 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted October 4, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) An excellent goat! The coin is certainly in much better condition than my example: Valerian II Caesar (son of Gallienus), Billon Antoninianus, 257-258 AD, Cologne Mint. Obv. Radiate draped bust right, VALERIANVS CAES/ Rev. Infant Jupiter seated right on goat Amalthea walking right, looking left, with right hand raised, left hand holding goat's horn, IOVI CRESCENTI. RIC V-1 3, RSC IV 26, Sear RCV III 10731 (ill.). 22 mm., 3.70 g. (Ex col. Frans Pouwel, Netherlands, collected since the ‘80’s.) I like Odysseus Numismatique as a dealer. Here are my two favorites among the several coins I've bought from them: Trajan, AE Drachm, Year 15 (111/112 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, nude and with aegis on left shoulder, ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ / Rev. Emperor (Trajan), laureate and togate, standing in elephant quadriga, right. holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; first three elephants with trunks turned down at end and fourth elephant with trunk turned up; in exergue, L IƐ (Year 15). RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 4605.4 (2015); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/4605.4 ; Emmett 462.15 [Emmett, Keith, Alexandrian Coins (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; Dattari (Savio) 769 [Savio, A. ed., Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 2007)]; BMC 16 Alexandria 512 [Poole, Reginald Stuart, A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria (London, 1892)]; Milne 669 at p. 19 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 33.5 mm., 21.26 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique, Montpellier, France, June 2021. Valentinian I, AV Solidus, 365 AD [Sear, Depeyrot] (reigned 364-375 AD), Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina. Obv. Rosette-diademed (with square & round rosettes separated by ovoid pearls), draped, & cuirassed bust right, D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG [Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus] / Rev. Valentinian, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum or vexillum ornamented with “T” [probably a Greek Tau cross] in right hand* and, in outstretched left hand, Victory standing left on globe, holding up crowning wreath towards emperor, RESTITVTOR – REIPVBLICAE around; in exergue, ANTΓ [Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina**]. RIC IX (1951) Antioch 2b (var. unlisted) ***; Sear RCV V 19267 at p. 294 (rosette-diademed, with no cross in the reverse left field, no stars or dots in the reverse exergue, and known from Officina 3, as well as Officina 10) (citing Depeyrot); Depeyrot II Antioch 23/1 Valentinian I (p. 281) (examples with this mint-mark, without stars or dots, & monogrammed cross in labarum rather than Chi-Ro, known from Officinas 3 & 10) (citing 1966 sale of this coin as the one example from 3rd Officina, with one other from 10th Officina) [Depeyrot, George., Les Monnaies d'Or de Constantin II à Zenon (337-491) (Wetteren 1996)]. 21.2 mm., 4.44 g. Purchased from Odysseus Numismatique [Julien Cougnard], Montpellier, France, Feb. 2022, “from an old Parisian collection”; ex Maison Vinchon Auction Sale, Mon. 25 April 1966, Hotel Drouot, Paris, Lot 257 (sold for 780 French francs, = $159.16 in 1966 U.S. dollars). [Footnotes omitted.] Edited October 4, 2023 by DonnaML 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 Fresh out of the mint! Mine's a little worn but it had to get to Britain first before it could get into my collection 🤣 Valerian II Antoninianus, 255 Colonia Agrippinensis. Silver, 22mm, 2.60g. Radiate and draped bust to right; VALERIANVS CAES. Infant Jupiter seated on Amalthaean goat walking to right; IOVI CRESCENTI (RIC V.1, 3). From the Dorchester (Dorset) Hoard 1936 of over 22,000 coins deposited in 257 and found in several containers while rebuilding the Marks and Spencer store in South Street. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Valerian II (256 - 258 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate and draped bust right. R: IOVI CRESCENNI, Infant Jupiter seated facing on goat (Amalthea) standing right,his right hand raised. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint 4.34g 23mm RIC 3 RSC 26 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted October 4, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted October 4, 2023 ...that's not got much wear...very nice....seldom is it that i can post coins out of my collection on a Panzerman thread...^^ (i'm goldless:P) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted October 4, 2023 · Patron Share Posted October 4, 2023 That's a very nice example, @panzerman. Mine was struck with a worn reverse die. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted October 4, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 4, 2023 Here's mine: Valerian II, AR antoninianus, 23 mm 4.2 grams Struck: 257-258, Cologne. Obverse: VALERIANVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right Reverse: IOVI CRESCENTI, the child Jupiter sitting right on the goat Amalthea, looking left, right hand raised, left hand holding the goat's horn. Reference: RIC 3 (Lyons); Cohen 26 (Saloninus); Elmer 67a; Goebl 0907e; Sear 10731. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry G Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Yours is in exceptional condition for the issue! That's the nicest coin of that type I've seen. Here's my not so perfect example 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejas Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 It seems that these coins were often struck from tired dies. Here are my two Valerian II antoniniani: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejas Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 and two antoniniani of this brother Saloninus: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotwheelsearl Posted October 4, 2023 · Member Share Posted October 4, 2023 Outstanding examples, all! Mine is pretty awful with a tiny shrunken head portrait. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted October 5, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 Man/ really love all the posts! And of course the beautifull coins.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor LONGINUS Posted October 8, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted October 8, 2023 Great coin and post, @panzerman! Here is my one and only Valerian II. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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