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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2555200, member: 57495&quot;]I know I&#039;m not answering your question, but I think it&#039;s at least tangentially related.&nbsp; This aureus (?) of Gallienus (needless to say, <b>not mine</b>) has him wearing a wreath of corn ears, the same sort we often see the harvest goddess Demeter wearing on coins.&nbsp; But the real kicker here is the legend, <b>GALLIENAE AVGVSTAE</b>, which is his name in feminine form.&nbsp; Was he pleased that he was portrayed here as, essentially, a bearded lady?&nbsp; In his <i>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</i> book, Harlan Berk notes two possibilities - this was struck by a usurper who was mocking Gallienus for being effeminate, or, Gallienus actually wanted to portray himself as an incarnation of Demeter.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to bet that either way, he liked it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.sixbid.com/images/auction_images/2715/2295585l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Side note: this is the actual coin that features in the Berk book (as #95).&nbsp; It was sold a few months ago in <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2715&amp;category=57170&amp;lot=2295585" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2715&amp;category=57170&amp;lot=2295585" rel="nofollow">this NAC auction</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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