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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3530719, member: 74834&quot;]I&#039;m rather strict a collector of coins - I&#039;m passing on numismatic articles that are not real coins usually. But this is an exception, another beast of the N.M.McQ. Holmes collection that was auctioned in April by CNG. Here&#039;s <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_e442_catalog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_e442_catalog" rel="nofollow">the catalog to leaf through</a> online.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an irregular lump of bronze, thick, but evenly flat, and it can only be a trial strike. According to the description it is a proof for an unofficial antoninianus of Gallienus. The style is a bit too rough to be acceptable, but what&#039;s more, the obverse copies a known type for Gallienus&#039;s sole reign (260-268), mint Siscia. But the reverse has AVGG, so this side mimicks a coin from the earlier joint reign of father and son, Valerian and Gallienus (253-260), before the fateful capture of the emperor Valerian by the Persians.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE trial strike for an unofficial antoninianus. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / F[E]L<i>CITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left, holding uncertain attributes. 23 x 38 x 2,7 mm, 14.35 gr.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]938077[/ATTACH]</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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