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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 133412, member: 5682&quot;]Thank you for sharing this beautiful coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you might know, Gallienus was an important emperor during the &quot;third century crisis&quot; of the Roman Empire. His father Valerian had been emperor, until his father was captured by the Persians. This left Gallienus to rule the Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus was important in fighting off many barbarian invasions, but he was also powerless to stop the empire from falling into near anarchy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weaked by many barbarian invasions and internal disputes, the empire split into three empires during his reign: a western or Gallo-roman empire, an eastern or Palmyran empire, and the central core of the old Roman empire. There were also numerous usurpers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, as was a common fate for Roman emperors during the third century, Gallienus was assasinated by his own troops.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing that the empire was later reunified (under Aurelian) and lasted for another two centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry for my pedantic blather, but the &quot;third century&quot; crisis is my favorite period of Roman history. A very nice coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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