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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 24619123, member: 85693&quot;]Great coin, [USER=111067]@expat[/USER] .&nbsp; Here is my Gallienus/Apollo type, but not like yours:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565145[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Gallienus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Antoninianus (c. 267 A.D.) Antioch (or Asian) Mint</b></p><p>GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / SALVS AVG, Apollo standing left,holding laurel branch in right hand, left arm leaning on tripod. PXV in exergue.</p><p>RIC 610; Göbl 1670k (2.96 grams / 23 x 20 mm) eBay May 2019&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an Apollo type issued by Gallienus&#039;s father Valerian, with Apollo drawing a bow:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1565146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Antoninianus (253 A.D.) Rome Mint </b>IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / APOLINI PROPVG, Apollo, nude except for cloak flying behind, standing right, drawing bow. RIC 74cA; Göbl 44d. (3.26 grams / 20 x 18 mm) eBay Jan. 2022 </p><p><b>Notes:&nbsp; </b>&quot;The reverse&nbsp; (refers) to &quot;Apollo who defends us&quot; linked with the story of Apollo killing the serpent at Delphi and creating the Pythian games, described in</p><p>Ovid&#039;s <i>Metamorphoses</i>...&quot; [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] on Coin Talk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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