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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4252118, member: 75937&quot;]Fun coins, [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER] ! Your Gallienus VIRTVS coin reminds me of <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-most-muscular-member-of-the-legion.316787/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-the-most-muscular-member-of-the-legion.316787/">this one</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years back, I caught the &quot;Gallienus bug.&quot; I have several dozen of his coins and his coins are a specialist&#039;s dream -- they were made by several different mints, have several different reverse types, officina markings, and variations in bust type and obverse inscriptions. Moreover, most of them are inexpensive and can be acquired by any collector, not just the well-heeled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moreover, in addition to Valerian I and Gallienus, their wives Mariniana and Cornelia Salonina appear on coins, as do Gallienus and Salonina&#039;s children, Valerian II and Saloninus. Many Gallienus collectors choose to collect the whole family.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if that weren&#039;t enough to satisfy, numerous cities in the Roman provinces issued coins with Valerian, Gallienus and their family members. There are hundreds of Roman provincial coins from this reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find there&#039;s a certain charm to the shoddy artistry and workmanship of the later years of his reign, when they were cranking out coins as fast as they could without much in the way of what we would call &quot;quality control.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This flan is pretty good by Gallienus&#039; standards, LOL! And what&#039;s up with Felicitas&#039; misshapen head? She looks like something out of the cantina on Mos Eisley. I do like the emperor&#039;s neck beard, though.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-felicit-avg-antoninianus-jpg.777825/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s spaghetti-armed and pencil-necked Pax with her head off the raggedy flan ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-pax-flan-chip-jpg.748178/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this one&#039;s just a tad off center ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gallienus-pax-off-center-jpg.748179/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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