Valerian - A,D, 257-259 - Antoninianus (almost fully silvered) - FELICITAS AVGG

Valerian - Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus; c 199-260 or 264) was Roman Emperor from October 22253 to spring 260 AD. He was taken captive by the Persian Emperor, Shapur I, after the Battle of Edessa, becoming the 1 Roman emperor to be captured as a prisoner of war, causing shock & instability throughout the Roman Empire. The unprecedented event & the unknown fate of the captured emperor generated a variety of different reactions & "new narratives about the Roman Empire in diverse contexts".