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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2746941, member: 19463&quot;]Gallienus, and most emperors that were around a while, have a lot of variety in their coins.&nbsp; They may have had several mints; things may have changed over the years.&nbsp; Gallienus started out with low grade silver coins that looked pretty good and went straight downhill at some mints while others retained workmanship but used progressively worse and worse alloy.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Zoo series fell at a place and time that few were as good as the ones shown here by CT members.&nbsp; My earlier post showed a couple coins from a series with a palm in exergue that are usually well struck on wide flans.&nbsp; Bing and I each showed a left facing portrait coin with spear and shield.&nbsp; These are almost always paired with worn out reverse dies.&nbsp; Learning which issues are never/ocassionally/usually/always available in decent shape is part of the game.&nbsp; The same goes for most specialties in ancients but Gallienus was about as varied as anyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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