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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1055738, member: 19463&quot;]While we are at it, lets point out that Roman coins after the middle of the 3rd century were produced from several mints and each mint had its own particular style.&nbsp; In some cases the portraits of the same ruler just don&#039;t look anything like each other.&nbsp; In some cases the coins bore no mint marks so this style is all we have to separate the mints.&nbsp; Experts have not always agreed on the placement of some coins.&nbsp; While I am reasonably sure that the one coin is Gallienus, you may have to look at several coins before you find one with even a similar style.&nbsp; Add to that the fact that some rulers (including Gallienus) ruled for several years but unlike UK Queens, their portraits were updated as they went along so being able to recognize a face is a bit more complicated than laying two coins side by side and matching points.&nbsp; Here is a page illustrating a few (hundred) Gallienus coins that you might want to compare:</p><p><a href="http://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/V-I/Gallienus/Gallienus.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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