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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2976934, member: 75937&quot;]If we&#039;re talking Gallienus, here&#039;s my favorite portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731680[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268 </p><p>Roman billon Antoninianus; 4.40 g; 23.5 mm </p><p>Uncertain eastern mint (Göbl attributes to Samosata), AD 255-256 </p><p>Obv: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind, both ribbons behind </p><p>Rev: RESTITVT ORIENTIS, Tyche, left, presenting wreath to emperor, right, who holds spear in left </p><p>Refs: RIC 448; Göbl 1685m; RSC 902; Cohen 903; RCV 10341; Hunter p. xlvii</p><p><br /></p><p>If we&#039;re talking favorite portraits overall, this would be on my short list:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]731682[/ATTACH] </p><p>Agrippina I, wife of Germanicus, 14 BC - AD 33 </p><p>Roman AE Sestertius 27.92 gm, 34.8 mm, 7 h </p><p>Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, 42-54 AD </p><p>Obv: AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large SC. </p><p>Refs: RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219 (Claudius); Cohen 3.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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