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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3085696, member: 75937&quot;]I know the Gallic Empire has some quality-control issues, but I think nothing compares to the reign of Gallienus for slipshod workmanship on the part of the mint. Gallienus&#039; coins are consistently inartistic, ragged, malformed, off-center, or weakly struck and that&#039;s part of their appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one I just got around to photographing. This flan is pretty good by Gallienus&#039; standards, LOL! And what&#039;s up with Felicitas&#039; misshapen head? She looks like something out of the cantina on Mos Eisley. I do like the emperor&#039;s neck beard, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure you guys have examples that make this one look FDC by comparison, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]777825[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 2.61 g, 17.1 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 261-262.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head, right.</p><p>Rev: FELICIT AVG, Felicitas standing right, holding cauceus in right hand and globe in left; T in right field.</p><p>Refs: RIC 188; Göbl 478f; Cohen 183; RCV 10204.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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