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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Choucas, post: 7354670, member: 100117&quot;]Hello,</p><p>The question of the Gallic mint under Gallienus has been widely discussed and was a hot topic. It can be a bit confusing at first. It is agreed that only one mint was operating in Gaul at that time. I don&#039;t understand the distinction you make between coins you attribute to Cologne or Lyon.</p><p><br /></p><p>About the localisation of that one mint, Lyon was an old hypothesis that was discussed and rejected already in the 70&#039;s by Jean Lafaurie. I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve read any recent academic paper attributing the gallic coins of Gallienus and cie. to Lyon. Even if you will still find a lot of dealers who are labelling their coins as from Lyon (using the Cohen or the RIC...), this is not correct.&nbsp; Some numismatists suggest that it could be Trier, which is a possibility, but there are strong indication it was most likely Cologne :</p><p>- The only coins of Saloninus as August are from the gallic mint and were probably struck in Cologne while the city was besieged by Postumus ;</p><p>- The imperial chancellery was more than likely in Cologne (see Jean-Marc Doyen&#039;s thesis)</p><p><br /></p><p>Robert Göbl also attributed those coins to Cologne in MIR 36, which is still the reference book for Gallienus.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, some small doubts remain but three things are certain :</p><p>- There was only one gallic mint active under Gallienus and Valerian</p><p>- This mint was not Lyon</p><p>- It could be Cologne (most likely in my opinion) or Trier</p><p><br /></p><p>Your example is indeed from Cologne (or Trier, depending which school of thoughts you are following), and is of great style.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I got only two ant from Cologne celebrating the victories over the german tribes. I also got a RESTIT GALLIAR rev., but still have to take pics of it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1282233[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1282234[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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