256-258 AD Valerian I Antonius Roman Imperial Coin AE 2 AG

1439

SKU: CP 910
Dimensions (mm): 21.900 x 21.100 x 1.200mm
Weight (g): 0.200
Colours

Valerian I

Valerian I was a Roman emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD.

He persecuted Christians and was later taken captive by the Persian emperor Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the first Roman emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war, causing shock and instability throughout the Roman Empire.

Weight - 2.56 grams

Roman billon coins

This term is applied to coins of silver mixed with much copper alloy, or to copper with a small alloy of silver.

From the reign of Gallienus to that of Claudius II (ad 253 to 270), almost all the coins were made of billon.

SKU: CP 910
Dimensions (mm): 21.900 x 21.100 x 1.200 mm
Weight (g): 0.200
Colours

Valerian I

Valerian I was a Roman emperor from 253 to spring 260 AD.

Weight - 2.56 grams

Roman billon coins

This term is applied to coins of silver mixed with much copper alloy, or to copper with a small alloy of silver.

From the reign of Gallienus to that of Claudius II (ad 253 to 270), almost all the coins were made of billon.

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