..A Better Gallienus....

..i've been due to upgrade this for awhile and this came in today..i can see facial features, along with hair, so it's an improvement i feel..(i'll put a comparison pic up too)


POST YOUR COINS & COMMENTS PEEPS! Gallienus (253-268) Ae antoninianus, Mars reverse, 19mm 2.60gms

 

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Thats a succesfull upgrade, well done.

 

Now that's the neck beard we paid to see! Coingrats on the upgrade!
I have very few of his that don't belong in the zoo. Here's a mulleted neck beardy one:

 

Gallienus is nothing without the neckbeard..!
I understand the need for an upgrade!

 

How about a few steps backward?

 

Great upgrade, @ominus1 ! I like the old coin too.

GALLIENUS


RI Gallienus Silvered Æ Ant CE 263-264 AVG rad cuiras R Hercules R lion skin club star RIC 673

 

My neck beard could still use some definition

 

Nice!

Gallienus is tough to find in good condition, especially from his sole reign. I've probably handled close to a thousand of his coins from the lots I've bought & sold, these are the ones that stuck with me...

 

GALLIENUS agin


RI Gallienus 253-268 CE Ant Abundantia S-secunda


GALLIENUS with Goober


RI Gallienus 253-268 CE Ant Milan mint Laetitia S -secunda



RI Gallienus AE silvered Ant 21mm 2.7g Radiate CuirassedR - Jupiter L tbolt X RIC 214

 

SALONINA (yeah, she snuggled that neck beard...)


RI Salonina wife of Gallienus 254-268 CE AE Ant 3.61g 20mm Rome mint 267-268 CE crescent Deer Walking delta RIC V 16

 

My favorite Gallienus! It's got the neck beard, it's got a tiger, it's got a chocolate-brown patina, it's well-struck.


Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

 

My first Gallienus ever is this one here from March 28, 2020


After I got this one in Sept 13, 2020, I decided I didn't need any more Gallienus coins as I had achieved what I considered to be the pinnacle of this emperor at my price and interest levels.



I was doing well on my stated mission of ending the Gallienus hunt, until April 15, 2021...

 

Here’s a few of my fav of Gallienus:

 

Great pick up.
Mysia Parium Gallienus. Cuirassed and laureate bust R / City-gate with three entrances with elephant-quadriga on top. Triumphal arch statues below top each side standing on columns, 26mm, 9.11 gm. Price and Trell fig 213. SNG France 1531

 

From the so called Zoo of Gallienus: a capricorn.

I have read that there is a rare Antoninianus with a hippocampus. Has anyone here a hippocampus on a Gallienus?

Rome, 267 - 268 AD, mintmark digamma ς = 6th officina
18 x 22 mm, 2.668 g
RIC V 245; RSC 667-670; Sear [1988] 2982

Ob.: GALLIENVS AVG, Head of Gallienus, radiate, to right
Rev.: NEPTVNO CONS (AVG) Capricorn to right, ς in exergue

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Asia Minor mint, A.D. 255-256
Obv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG
Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI - Emperor with spear, receiving globe from Jupiter, on right, leaning on scepter
Wreath in field
RIC 440
21mm, 4.5g.

 

This is only my second "joint reign" antoninianus of Gallienus and I was surprised how respectably struck and designed it was - almost Trebonianus Gallus-level of portraiture, though Jove lost his six-pack and seems to be wearing a diaper:


Gallienus Antoninianus
(254-255 A.D.) (joint reign)
Rome Mint
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVA, Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt and sceptre.
RIC 143 (j.r.); Göbl 0025v;RSC 351; Sear 10237.
(3.23 grams / 23 x 21 mm)

 

Some excellent examples and nice upgrade @ominus1









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Here's a few: