Valerian II AD 256-258 Billon Antoninianus Cologne

Valerian II as Caesar AD 256-258 Billon Antoninianus

Radiate and draped bust right / Infant Jupiter riding goat hand raised

Cologne

RCV10731; 23mm, 3.77g

This coin comes with previous label

Valerian Junior was the eldest son of Gallienus and Salonina. When he was elevated to Caesar in AD 256 for the first and only time 3 generations of the same family exercised imperial power simultaneously. When Valerian Junior joined his father on his campaign on the Rhine in AD 258 he died suddenly. Devastated by his loss Gallienus issued a posthumous coinage in his son’s honour.