Gallienus 'Reverse' images

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I'm pretty sure the whole gang would display a nice collection of Gallienus coins, should we put them all together on a tray (a huge tray I mean). Some really nice stuff all around


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



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
Ex Barry P Murphy

Q

 

Dig the six-pack on the emperor on the reverse of this one. He wanted the empire to think he was ripped!


Uncertain eastern mint (Antioch?), AD 255-256 (Joint reign)
4.04 gm; 23.5 mm
Obv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and draped bust, right.
Rev: RESTITVT ORIENTIS. Tyche at l. presenting wreath to emperor, r., who holds spear, r.
Refs: RIC 448; RSC 902; Cunetio hoard 1914; Göbl 1685m

 

Gotta real ZOO there!

 

Geez, @Bing, leave some for the rest of us, will ya?

Those are incredible, @Cucumbor. I especially like #2.

 

If you mean to leave some Gallienus coins, I pretty sure there are plenty more out there. I you mean however, that I've posted too many Gallienus coins, I'm sorry. I got carried away.

 

@Bing, the first meaning, I was just trying to be funny. And failing. (Not unusual. )

 

As was I.

 

OK, phew! Nice bunch of coins, BTW. I especially like the centaur and the Luna.

 

You never have to worry about what you say with regards to me. I'm not easily offended.

 

He seems to be wearing a cuirass similar to the modern recreation below. There are also pteruges (the strips coming down from the shoulders)shown on the coin.

 

I'm with Q on this one. There are many resources online where you can go looking for nice coin photos but the weak spot on most of these is in the common (cheap!) varieties like Gallienus. This is perfectly understandable since it costs as much to photograph and publish a $20 as a $2000 coin so we can't expect big sellers like CNG to have as may Gallienus items as they do Caligulas.

We certainly could organize a resource that would benefit beginning collectors who are more likely to have a Gallienus or twenty than a single high roller. There are places you can post your collection and several of us have photos online of what we have but the usefulness to the hobby, low end division, would be greater if each common ruler were represented in one place and there were an index making it possible to find what was there. I once participated in a good idea called 'Coin Project' and posted many of my Septimius coins there but none were ever verified by another 'expert' and finding something among all the duplicates was not easy. I still look there sometimes but stopped verifying and adding more. I believe they are stronger in things like Otho than in thing I can afford.
http://coinproject.com/
I wanted to contribute to this thread but have trouble remembering what has been shown by those of you with many nicer coins than mine. Has anyone shown the Saturn? I always liked his hook (shown prominently here) with which he castrated his father Uranus.

 

Here is a pretty large site http://gallienus.net/

though it is not easy to browse as it does not have a search function

 

I understand the point you were making but the example didn't support the statement.

CNG's archives for search terms "Gallienus antoninianus" yields 630 hits. The search terms "Caligula denarius" yield 139.

 

That cuirass is cool!

 

here's a couple i have. i esp. like the one with the deity holding the counting board.

 

ain't it tho.