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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7930456, member: 84905&quot;]To come back to the question of the Viminacium mint. As far as I know, Viminacium minted Antoniniae for Valerian I and Gallienus, but not for Aemilianus or his predessors Trebonianus Gallus and Volusianus. Hence, the minting of Antoniniae at Viminacium started in late AD 253.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are three Antoniniae (from my collection) of Trebonianus Gallus (left) and Valerian I (middle and right), which I think are stylistically very similar. Note the very similar facial expressions, but also the lettering is similar. For example the letters C and G are lower than the other letters. Indeed, I think it is likely that the same die sinker cut the dies for all three coins, which all date to the year AD 253.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, the two Antoniniae of Valerian are commonly - and correctly as I think - attributed to Viminacium, while the Antoninian of Trebonianus Gallus is - in my view wrongly - attributed to Rome. I believe that the Trebonianus Gallus Antoninian was minted at Viminacium, demonstrating that Viminacium started to mint Antoniniae already under Trebonianus Gallus, perhaps also under Aemilianus, and certainly under Valerian I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or am I seeing something that isn&#039;t there?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371127[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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