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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3232806, member: 75937&quot;]There are several variations in the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">Gallienus zoo</a> series that depict centaurs with the reverse inscription APOLLINI CONS AVG, meaning roughly &quot;to Apollo, preserver of the Augustus.&quot; That&#039;s because Apollo and a certain centaur, Chiron, are linked in mythology and both are associated with healing and medicine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chiron was the son of the Titan named Kronos, who is said to have assumed the form of a horse when he made love to Philyra, a sea nymph. Their union resulted in a centaur baby, with the head and upper body of a man, and the lower body of a horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The centaur baby, named Chiron, was so grotesque that his mother rejected him. But Apollo adopted the infant Chiron and schooled him thoroughly in the arts, sciences, and medicine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Consequently, while centaurs in general were a rowdy lot intent primarily on drinking wine and chasing women, Chiron was different. He took up residence alone in a cave on the flank of Mount Pelion and over time earned respect as a healer, astrologer, prophet, and teacher. It was Chiron, for example, who taught the art of healing to Asklepios and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844658[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 2.60 g, 19.6 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 267-268.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.</p><p>Rev: APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking right, drawing bow; Z in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 163; Göbl 735b; Cohen 72; RCV 10177; Hunter 95; Cunetio 1378.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844677[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman AE Antoninianus, 2.73 g, 18.6 mm, 12 h. </p><p>Rome, AD 267-268.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.</p><p>Rev: APOLLINI CONS AVG, Centaur walking left, holding globe and rudder; H in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 164; Cohen 73; RCV 10178. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]844662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Post anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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