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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4395727, member: 85693&quot;]I just happen to have recently read a lurid account of Gallienus&#039; indifference to his father&#039;s fate.&nbsp; This account is from a two-volume historical pot-boiler called <i>Monarchs Retired from Business</i>, published in 1857.&nbsp; I consider it to be an unreliable source - no sources cited, although I suppose some of this is based on the <i>Historia Augusta</i> with a lot of poetic license added:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105476[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105477[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The entire chapter is devoted to Valerian, complete with tales of serving as Shapur&#039;s footstool and ending up as a taxidermy exhibit.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for coins, here&#039;s a couple of recent acquisitions from that era:</p><p><br /></p><p>Salonina (wife of Gallienus) with VENVS FELIX reverse (RIC 7):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105483[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Valerian (join reign with Gallienus) with ORIENS AVGG reverse (RIC 106):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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