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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;+VGO.DVCKS, post: 7789129, member: 110504&quot;]I just posted this, but couldn&#039;t stop myself in time.&nbsp; Thanks, [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER], for the pretext, along with an impressive example.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1337000[/ATTACH]</p><p>GALLIENVS P. F. AVG&nbsp; /Trophy and captives, GERMANICVS MAX V</p><p>Sear (2nd ed., 1974) 2861 (sorry, all that&#039;s to hand).</p><p>I like how the relief, along with the composition, evoke the issues of Valerian, suggesting an early point in the reign.&nbsp; Since the numeral V on the reverse didn&#039;t correspond to anything in Sear, I Wiki&#039;e Gallienus, and found that one of his early successes was against an invasion of Italy by the Allemani (which I understand to have been a Latin term corresponding more or less to &#039;all the rest of those Germanic tribes&#039;), dated to c. 258-60.&nbsp; After a defense of Rome itself by an impromptu Senatorially-sponsored force, Gallienus and his army returned from repelling yet another invasion, either in Gaul or the Balkans (take your pick), and decisively defeated them at Mediolanum (/Milan) --which, as [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] demonstrates, he then made a major mint town.</p><p>...While not terrifically early in the reign, this interval is still safely prior to Gallienus&#039; lamented &#039;coin reform&#039; /wholesale debasement.&nbsp; If anyone knew the significance of that &quot;V&quot; on the reverse, that would be pretty great.&nbsp; Seems less than easily plausible that it would be commemorating the fifth anniversary of the victory ...but what do I know?&nbsp; I mostly jumped ship from Roman to medieval when I was still a kid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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