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Message:: [QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3118916, member: 57495"]I think the Wildwinds info is inaccurate.  There are recorded hybrids of Claudius II and Gallienus, but this reverse was common for CII, and on it, Libertas always holds a vertical sceptre, whereas on Gallienus's coins, we see her holding a transverse sceptre.  Additionally, the authors of RIC also made a mistake when they described Libertas as holding a cornucopiae for these Rome mint issues.  They reference Cohen (Cohen 150-2), where she's described as holding a sceptre.  She only holds a cornucopiae on issues from the Siscia mint. This <a href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&Reign=Claudius+II&asmSelect1=&Person=Claudius+II&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&ReverseCodeAssoc=Libertas+1&ReverseCodeAssoc=Libertas+1b&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&hpp=5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/search/advanced?tempRIC=&asmSelect0=&Reign=Claudius+II&asmSelect1=&Person=Claudius+II&asmSelect2=&asmSelect3=&asmSelect4=&asmSelect5=&asmSelect6=&asmSelect7=&asmSelect8=&asmSelect9=&asmSelect10=&asmSelect11=&ReverseCodeAssoc=Libertas+1&ReverseCodeAssoc=Libertas+1b&BustDescription=&ReverseDescription=&Note=&Reference=&page=1&mod=result&hpp=5" rel="nofollow">search page</a> from the new RIC V/1 online database (really the best place to go to delve into coinage of CII, IMHO) will make things a lot clearer than I can explain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]

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