Ancient: Gallienus, i got the Goat..

TIF, i was laughing so hard i was crying, you can that yelling about dinner time around here at the old Eng household.
Steve,very impressive Goat herd, you still have the title.

 

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Lots of nice goats but a goat in a pickup is not appropriate for a discussion on ancients. Therefore I'll offer one that I'd really like to see on a Gallienus:

 

Hehe

 

man, you've got to watch out for those goats!



i found this picture online, not sure what was going on here....
not sure i want to know..... but this would be a great gallieus reverse.

but very cool coins ENG, what a nice looking batch. i'm eager to see the obverses when you get them.

 

Nice herd of coins Eng!

 

Well these coins showed up yesterday, i think the obverse of the unseen lot not bad. interesting one of these coins is a brockage, can't seem to get a good picture of it.

Gallienus..257.AD.
Ae.
Obv. Gallienus head left
Rev.Doe walking right looking back..
Epsilon in Ex.
Rome mint..
19mm x 2.86g



Gallienus..257..AD.
Ae.
Obv.Gallienus head right..
Rev..stag walking right..
Xl in ex.
Rome mint..
19mm x 2.54g.



Gallienus ..257..AD.
Ae.
Obv..Gallienus head right.
Rev. Antelope walking left.
Rome Mint..
X in Ex.
17mmx 3.05g.
This is the Brockage coin, see if you can make it out.Rev.6 o'clock to 9..

 

Next set of three...

Gallienus..257..AD..
Ae.
Obv.Gallienus bust right..
Rev. Goat with beard standing right..
Rome mint..
Digamma in ex.
21mm x 3.32g.



Gallienus ..257..AD.
Ae.
Obv.Gallienus bust right..
Rev. Doe walking right, looking back.
Rome mint..
Epsilon in Ex.
19mm x 3.22g.



Gallienus..257..AD.
Ae.
Obv. Gallienus bust right.
Rev. Stag walking left..
Rome mint.
Xll in Ex.
19mm x 2.54g.

 

Last set of 4 of the 10 coin lot..

Gallienus..257 AD.
Ae.
Obv. Gallienus bust right.
Rev. Stag walking left.
Rome mint..
Xl in ex.
19mm x 2.54g.


Gallienus..257 AD.
Ae.
Obv. Gallienus bust right.
Rev. Stag walking right
Rome mint.
Xl in Ex.
20mm x 3.03g



Gallienus..257 AD.
Ae.
Obv.Gallienus bust right.
Rev. Antelope walking left.
Rome mint..
XXX in ex.
19mm x 2.57g
really cool light blue patina..



Gallienus ..257 AD.
Ae.
Obv. Gallienus bust right..
Rev. Stag walking left.
Rome mint..
X in Ex.
15mm x 3.17g. very heavy for a small coin i tested for GOLD...No luck...

 

Nice haul - some very attractive pieces there.

 

Game of Goats
http://www.break.com/video/game-of-goats-game-of-thrones-parody-2596655

 

I don't see it. Perhaps there is a die clash? Can you see these reverse brockages? I believe the coins of the period were made with pincher dies and reverse brockages are more common than obverse. The first is unusual in that it shows a bit of the regular obverse (letter G from AVG) so the coin that caused it was falling out when struck???