This guy came today and I am pretty confident in the attribution but I am unable to find an example online of one with a star in the right field. I was wondering if a) This is indeed a star in the right field b) Does anyone know of a reference that identifies the star in the right field. This is the attribution I ave for it: Gallienus AE Antoninianus Antioch mint Sole reign. AD 267 Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, Soldier standing right, holding long spear, and resting left hand on shield, PXV in exergue Closest I can find - RIC 612A; Goebl 1666i; Sear 10403.
RIC 668 has a star in the left field, however the soldier is facing left in this example. A couple of searches didn't reveal anything else with a star in the right field. There might be a chance that it is a flan or die issue, scratch, imperfection and not a star. But then again it might be a very rare type...
According to the very very exhaustive list of Gallienus coins on Dane Kurth's website, no stars on right field with the Virtus type of Antioch with the mint mark PXV... http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/gallienus.xls
I think it's Göbl 1666i and some disruption of the "desert patina" makes it look like there is a star there but there isn't. For attribution of Gallienus coins, I find these two websites helpful.
