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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2405114, member: 42773&quot;]Btw, recent discoveries have suggested that the double sestertii of Postumus were inspired by issues of Gallienus, as opposed to Decius. It makes sense - why would Postumus bother reviving the short-lived, unpopular, and probably forgotten denomination of a decade past?</p><p><br /></p><p>But evidently Gallienus also thought they were a good idea. (Which of course begs the question as to why HE bothered reviving the short-lived, unpopular denomination of a decade past - but I suppose when it comes to monetary reforms, the hope of government leaders always springs eternal.) Anyway...here&#039;s one that sold at <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2847261" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2847261" rel="nofollow">Heritage 3043, Lot 32390</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2847261" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2847261" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH=full]496253[/ATTACH] </a></p><p><br /></p><p>The write-up from the auction...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><i>Most references do not show Gallienus as having issued double-sestertii in his own name, except for the&nbsp; quasi-anonymous so-called &quot;interregnum&quot; issues of AD 268. However a handful of specimens&nbsp; of this denomination with two reverse types (Pax and Victory) have appeared on the market in the 2000s, indicating a very limited issue. The citation VICTORIA AVG III, which, according to Alfoldi, was employed by the Western Roman mints at different times; if struck in Rome, the citation would indicate a date of AD 255-257; if at Milan (suggested by the obverse legend form), it points to an issue in AD 259, perhaps shortly after the capture of Valerian in the East and the revolt of Postumus in the West. If the latter is the case, the revival of the double-sestertius by Gallienus likely preceded and perhaps inspired the numerous Gallo-Roman double-sestertii of Postumus.</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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