Let's do Gallienus

i think mat is correct about roman's coin, reverse would be DIANA FELIX...i think i can make out the ELIX.

 

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Some freshly photographed Gallienuses...

Mercury...


Neptune...


Mars...


Fides...


Libertas...


Jupiter...

 

Here's my (little) bunch of various Gallienus' coins



Gallienus, Antoninianus Rome mint
IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
APOLLINI CONS AVG, Griffin left. II at exergue
3.18 gr
Ref : Cohen # 77, RCV # 10180v, Göbl # 718z



Gallienus, Antoninianus Cologne mint, AD 257-258
GALLIENVS PF AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, seen from front
VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus, standing right, holding spear and standard
3,93 gr
Ref : RCV #10413, Cohen #1309, Göbl # 8821



Gallienus, Antoninianus Antioch mint, AD 265
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right seen from front
VENRI (sic) VICTRICI, Venus standing left, holding helmet shield and spear
3,30 gr
Ref : RCV #10370 var, Cohen #1021 var, Göbl #1653g

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Gallienus, Antoninianus Antioch mint, AD 265-266
GALLIENVS AVG radiate head left
AETERNITAS AVG she wolf standing right, suckling twins Romulus and Remus. Branch at exergue
3,9 gr, 20 mm
Ref : RIC V-1 # 628, Göbl # 1628a



Gallienus, Sestertius Rome mint, AD 253-255
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, Laureate and draped and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right
CONCORDIA EXERCIT, Concordia standing left, holding double cornucopia and patera.
18.5 gr
Ref : RIC # 209, Göbl # 15dd, Cohen #132, RCV #10467



Gallienus, Tetradrachm Alexandria mint, year 14 (AD 266/270)
AVTKTTLIKGALLIHNOCCEB, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Eagle standing left, head right, with wreath in beak. LIdelta in left field, palm in right field
9.60 gr 22 mm
Ref : Emmet # 3804, RCV # 10582

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Wow very nice coins Folks... i have nearly 40 of these Gallienus coins mostly animals, which i'm using i the ABC thread so i won't double post.

Gallienus 255-256 AD.
Antoninianus
Obv. radiate head,draped bust right.
Rev. Valenian and Gallienus standing, facing. one holding Victory, the other Globe.
Asian mint.
21mm x 2.91g.
dessert patina.



Also one i won't be posting in the ABC thread.

Gallienus Tet.
Eagle..

 

Very nice coins all! Mat introduced me to this thread and I am glad to see the wide range of reverse types and varying degrees of strike quality too. Sort of like a snapshot of my own collection.

 

Great coins all!

 

Very nice coins everyone with some very interesting ones also. My contribution:


Gallienus, AD 253-268
Billon Antoninianus, 21mm, 3.0g.
Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: PAX AVG; Pax standing left, holding branch and transverse scepter, T in left field.

 

OP coin came in last week, but I only had a chance to image it today. I'm quite pleased with the hard-struck reverse. Probably the seller's angled image brings out the details better, but here's a true-color pic. It's quite dark...

 

i like the color better in ur pic than in OP... nice coin...

 

Thanks Ken!

 

Love the reverse. Any time the facial features are visible on the small reverse god/person, it makes it more interesting to me. I can't imagine how these dies were cut with such precision.

 

It seems that for most of Gallienus' Rome issues, the die-cutting maintained a rather high standard. It's the flan-preparation and striking that went down the tubes. I'd love a time machine to go back and witness exactly what was going on.

 

As do many of us, but then the mystique and allure might be dispelled.

 

a recent addition....



Gallienus, AE antoninianus. Rome, sole reign. 257-258 AD.

IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
DIANA FELIX, Diana walking right, drawing bow and holding
arrow, hound at foot.

RIC V-1 Rome 174 var (bust type); Goebl 920L (Milan).

Note: Goebl places this coin (i.e. this obverse legend
and this rev. type) under Milan, RIC places it under Rome.
The letters N and M, engraved as III and IIII are
characteristic of the Rome mint.

 

Great coins.

Complicated but interesting history:




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