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Contributor: Walter C. Holt.
Issuer:
MARINIANA
, wife of Valerian I, AD 253-260. AE Dupondius
Obverse:
Veiled and draped bust of Mariniana right, DIVAE MARINIANAE
Reverse:
Peacock standing facing, head turned right, tail in splendour, CONSECRATIO S. C.
Reference:
RIC 11; Sear 2933, struck in 256.
Comments:
For more information, read the "
Valerian
" entry from
De Imperatoribus Romanis
.
For recent scholarship on Mariniana see
TOCS-IN
; for book reviews, see
Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews
.