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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3737096, member: 57495&quot;]The Cunetio Hoard, which that Wildwinds entry refers to, had 15 specimens of this type, and the Normanby Hoard had 13 specimens.&nbsp; Given that these two hoards together had something on the order of 15,000 or more coins of Gallienus, some types represented by over two hundred examples, yours is not exactly one of the most common ones.&nbsp; But, before you say the Cunetio Hoard had &quot;only 15 examples&quot; of your coin, bear in mind that many other types were represented by only ONE example.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a coin of mine from the Normanby Hoard, where it was the only example of its type.&nbsp; In the Cunetio Hoard, the type is also represented by a single example.&nbsp; I could say this one is very rare based on hoard findings, but I do prefer another saying we have in ancients, which is that there&#039;s nothing more common than a rare coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002310[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>Billon Antoninianus. 3.33g, 19.2mm. Mediolanum (Milan) mint, 2nd officina, issue 7, AD 266. MIR 36, – [1353f]; RIC V (sole reign) 482; Cunetio 1745; Normanby 474 (<i>this coin, illustrated</i>). O: IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, radiate bust right, with drapery on left shoulder. R: FORT REDVX, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; MS in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Normanby Hoard (1985) [IRBCH 854], no. 474</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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