The last coin from my club pickup...i paid $10 for this coin.. Gallienus...253- 268..AD.. Ob. Gallienus rad. head right.. Rev. Pegasus right, about to take flight. 20mm x thin flan.
Ugh. You keep tempting me with the Gallienus animal series. Must. not. click. on. buy. I don't want to get distracted from my goals at the moment. I'll add a quote that might interest you: "Gallienus Animal Series Coins", R. D. Weigel, NC Volume 150, 1990, p. 138. "Rome's other-sun god, Sol, is represented on Gallienus's coins by Pegasus or a less famous winged horse, and by a bull. The emperor's issue of these and other Sol types reflects a renewed interest in the worship of Sol that foreshadows the centrality of this cult in the reign of Aurelian. Sol's presence in Horace's Carmen Saeculare is interpreted by Karl Galinsky in connection with the Latins and the Ludi Saeculares. The celebration on 28 August of the temple of Sol and Luna in the Circus Maximus included ludi circenses. Tertullian sees Sol as the primary deity of the Circus Maximus and as the protector of the quadriga. Sol also had a pulvinar at the Circus."
Atta-buddy, Eng ... nice animal coin!! => plus, it sounds like you've got JA sniffin' around your bait ... just one quick tug and the hook should be set!!
I was just admiring some Gallienus centaur coins this morning... might have to keep an eye on those auctions.
