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 Valerian I Billon Antoninianus- RIC 128C This is the seller's image and attribution. Once this coin arrives it will be my 50th Roman Imperial emperor.  Here is some history straight from Wikipedia Quote:
Valerian (Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus Augustus;[1] 193/195/200 â€" 260 or 264), also known as Valerian the Elder, was Roman Emperor from 253 to 260. He was taken captive by Persian king Shapur I after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the only Roman Emperor who was captured as a prisoner of war, causing instability in the Empire. This coin is partly a Christmas gift. What I had left over from the other stuff I got went to this coin. Go ahead if you wish, post your Valerian I coins in celebration! I don't mind.
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The Emperor was used as a footstool after he was captured!
Nice Coin Gil-galad!
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50th Roman Imperial emperor  My favourite Valerian rumour from after his capture: Quote:
Nothing more was ever heard of Emperor Valerian, other than a disturbing rumour by which his corpse was stuffed with straw and preserved as a trophy in a Persian temple. Edited by bobbyhelmet
01/04/2013 4:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, that's horrible. lol
The shame the Roman Empire had to endure during that time!
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Pillar of the Community
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Pretty nice pickup Here's my Valerian I. I only paid like 10 bucks for it so I'm not complaining lol   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great coin Gil-galad. I'm starting to appreciate those with nice centering and complete legends.
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Good pick up. One of my favorite provincial coins is of this emperor. Its from Alexandria Troas  |
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Very nice details on this coin. He did meet a very bad end.
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Pillar of the Community
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I remember when you picked that provincial coin up. Very nice. One of these days I'm going to collect a few provincial coins.
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Great coin Gil-galad. I'm starting to appreciate those with nice centering and complete legends. That's what you want to get is coins with decent legends and centering. It's not always possible though. |
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Yeah, I showed it off when I bought it. I like the 3D effect on the reverse most of all. I like provincial coins because there are so many interesting and differing reverses. With most Imperial coins, the reverses begin to all look much alike as opposed to the provincial coinage. Still, your coin is nicely center and pleasing to look at.
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Gosh - I need a valerian - he's certainly got one of the more interesting back stories. Perhaps get a Shapur too - I see them on ebay every once in a while. And congrats on 50! I'm at a measly 22 logged rulers...I hope I can bring that number up a bit |
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And congrats on 50! I'm at a measly 22 logged rulers...I hope I can bring that number up a bit All in good time, coin brother. I have a low budget and so it's taken over a year to get the coins I have now. But then, these coins have been around for so long. |
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congrats on hitting the big 5-0 GG! i don't have a valarian to post unfortunately.  |
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At nearly 2 years I'm at 57 Roman rulers (Caesars, empresses, etc included), plus 4 Byzantine emperors and 1 (soon to be 2) Germanic ruler, so I think I've done pretty good so far.
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01/05/2013 03:08 am
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You have done really well. You was here when I first came here and started collecting.
I like a lot of your coins.
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