Valerian II Caesar
Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint 256-258 CE
1st emission, 257-258 CE
AR Antoninianus 22mm; 5.50 gm 12h
Obv: Radiate and draped bust right, as seen from behind.
Rev: Young Jupiter riding goat right, head left, raising both hands.
RIC V 3; MIR 36, 907e; RSC 26
244 CE

Estimated birth year of Valerian II to Salonina and Gallienus.

256 CE

Valerian II made Caesar under Valerian and Gallienus.

258 CE

Death of Valerian II, who dies under suspicious circumstances while in the guardianship of Ingenuus, a powerful Illyrian governor, that Gallienus attempts to demote Ingenuus.