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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 4149786, member: 74834&quot;][USER=83778]@Muzyck[/USER], your Ebay gift is Roman, a billon antoninian (= double denarius) from the middle of the third century AD. Like the one down here. If you want to know more about it, post it in the Ancients forum, I&#039;m sure your coin will be identified. </p><p><br /></p><p>The emperor Gallienus (253-268) minted an extensive series of antoninians with animals on it, there are dozens known. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zoo-series.321644/page-2" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/zoo-series.321644/page-2">This is one of many threads</a> about these enjoyable series.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from my centaur, that I don&#039;t really would expect in any zoo, I have only one of this Gallienus series, a nice and cheap antoninian. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1072053[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE antoninianus Gallienus, late 260s. Obv. head to the right, text GALLIENUSAUG. Rev. Goat to left, IOVICONSAUG. ‘S’ in exergue. 19.5 mm, 3.25 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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