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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2248738, member: 42773&quot;]I posted this coin last week, but it&#039;s my newest arrival for Gallienus and your thread prompted me to dig up the full attribution. It didn&#039;t turn out to be anything uncommon, but the reverse is hard struck with nice clarity. Evidently these ants come in two reverse legend varieties, VICTORIA AVG and VICTORIA AET. This example is the latter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since this is an undated ant, the best we can do is assign it to the dates of Gallienus&#039; sole rule, although judging by its low fineness, it probably falls toward the end of his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>If there&#039;s one &quot;interesting&quot; thing about this coin, it&#039;s the fact that sometimes the Z in the reverse field gets engraved backward.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]444541[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268</p><p>AE Antoninianus; Rome mint, AD 260-268.</p><p>Obv.: GALLIENVS AVG; radiate head right.</p><p>Rev.: VICTORIA AET; Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; Z in left field.</p><p>Reference: RIC 5(a) Gallienus Sole Reign 297 (p. 157).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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