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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1802596, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;m not particularly drawn to other coins of Gallienus, but the animal series is directly related to Roman mythology by way of the symbolic fauna. In this case, the panther is associated with the god Liber. It&#039;s always a trade-off with his coins. There are a handful of well-centered pieces on the market now with strong portraits and complete legends, but the panthers are either poorly engraved or weakly struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I suppose the grade VF is reasonable for this coin, but the truth of the matter is, it may have looked no better the day it came out of the mint - another example of how pointless the modern grading system is when applied to ancients.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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