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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8191173, member: 75937&quot;]Nice pick-up, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER]! I have the Gallienus version of that reverse type. It&#039;s one of the first ancient coins I ever purchased, from a brick-and-mortar coin shop back in the 1980s.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-restitvt-orientis-antoninianus-jpg.777659/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman Billon Antoninianus, 4.40 g; 23.5 mm.</p><p>Samosata, AD 255-256.</p><p>Obv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Tyche, left, presenting wreath to emperor, right, who holds spear in left.</p><p>Refs: RIC 448; RSC 902; Cohen 902; RCV 10341; Hunter p. xlvii; Göbl 1677m.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Valerian from the same mint (probably) to stay on topic! The ANS attributes this issue to Cyzicus, Göbl to Samosata, and RIC to Antioch. According to the introduction of RIC volume V, during Valerian&#039;s reign, some coins minted in Asia cannot certainly be attributed to either Antioch or Cyzicus (p.22-26). RIC dates this issue to AD 255-56.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/valerian-i-pietas-avgg-antoninianus-jpg.1170293/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Valerian I, AD 253-260.</p><p>Roman AR antoninianus, 2.75 g, 20 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Uncertain Eastern mint, 2nd emission, AD 256-260.</p><p>Obv: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS·P·F·AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVGG, Valerian, holding eagle-tipped scepter, and Gallienus, holding parazonium, standing facing each other, sacrificing over lighted altar between them.</p><p>Refs: RIC 285; Göbl 1684e; Cohen/RSC 152; RCV 9955; Hunter 73.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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