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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2256338, member: 72818&quot;]Most of you may have noticed I have been adding &#039;upgrades&#039; of many of my LRB&#039;s types and this example perfectly fit that inexpensive niche.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll skip the historical narrative since that is easily accessed on-line, but I will note the suspicion that has come down to us that Gallienus was less than persistent in his attempts to secure his Fathers (Valerian I) release from Persian captivity--King Shapur is even reputed, after Valerian&#039;s death, to have skinned him and used his skull as a drinking vessel. That&#039;s a cue for all the historians out there to chime in<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silvered Antoninianus of Gallienus, 254-268 AD</p><p>Lugdunum 258-259 AD, RIC 18, Joint Reign, 20 X 24 mm</p><p>GALLIENVS P F AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust right</p><p>GERMANICVS MAX V, Trophy of arms and armor;</p><p>Two bound captives to base at either side</p><p>RIC V, Part 1</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse refers Gallienus Felix Pius Augustus or Gallienus the Dutiful and Fortunate Emperor of Rome. The reverse names Gallienus as Germanicus Maximus Five and the type commemorates his fifth acclamation as Greatest Victor over the Germans</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]447217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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