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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7431305, member: 110350"]Gallienus (son of Valerian I), Billon Antoninianus, 258 AD [RIC] or 260-261 AD [Sear], Mediolanum [Milan] Mint, Legionary Issue. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Bull advancing right, bellowing with head raised and mouth open, LEG VIII AVG [<i>Augusta</i>] VI P [<i>Pia</i>] VI F [<i>Fidelis</i>]. RIC V-1 353j [joint reign] (p. 95), RSC IV 522, Sear RCV III 10268, Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 1009h. 18 mm., 2.49 g.*</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1289908[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*A bull was the emblem of Leg. VIII Augusta, based in Strasbourg, France (then Argentoratum in Gaul) -- just as the animals or other figures shown on the reverses of the other coins of the Gallienus legionary series served as the emblems or badges of those legions. See Jones, John Melville, <i>A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins</i> (London, Seaby, 1999) at p. 166 [entry for Legio]); RIC V-1 at p. 34. See also the list of the legions and their emblems depicted in the Gallienus legionary series, at <a href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan" rel="nofollow">http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan</a>. [Remainder of footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another bull on a Roman coin, but not the Julian II bull coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7431305, member: 110350"]Gallienus (son of Valerian I), Billon Antoninianus, 258 AD [RIC] or 260-261 AD [Sear], Mediolanum [Milan] Mint, Legionary Issue. Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Bull advancing right, bellowing with head raised and mouth open, LEG VIII AVG [[I]Augusta[/I]] VI P [[I]Pia[/I]] VI F [[I]Fidelis[/I]]. RIC V-1 353j [joint reign] (p. 95), RSC IV 522, Sear RCV III 10268, Göbl MIR [[I]Moneta Imperii Romani[/I]] Band 36, No. 1009h. 18 mm., 2.49 g.* [ATTACH=full]1289908[/ATTACH] *A bull was the emblem of Leg. VIII Augusta, based in Strasbourg, France (then Argentoratum in Gaul) -- just as the animals or other figures shown on the reverses of the other coins of the Gallienus legionary series served as the emblems or badges of those legions. See Jones, John Melville, [I]A Dictionary of Ancient Roman Coins[/I] (London, Seaby, 1999) at p. 166 [entry for Legio]); RIC V-1 at p. 34. See also the list of the legions and their emblems depicted in the Gallienus legionary series, at [URL]http://www258.pair.com/denarius/cgi-bin/erfind.pl?sstring=legio+milan[/URL]. [Remainder of footnote omitted.] Next: another bull on a Roman coin, but not the Julian II bull coin.[/QUOTE]
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