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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2883718, member: 75937&quot;]This is a tough one because it just doesn&#039;t quite match any catalog description.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691638[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obverse inscription is probably GALLIENVS AVG because there just doesn&#039;t seem to be enough room for IMP GALLIENVS AVG, given the overall size of the font. It&#039;s radiate and cuirassed, right. Reverse has PROVIDENTIA spelled out in full. No officina mark in the field. Obviously, there could be one in the exergue off the flan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking in RIC, it is similar to 266 and 267:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691641[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse matches 266 exactly, but its obverse inscription reads IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG and it&#039;s a radiate head right, not cuirassed bust right. The obverse matches 267 exactly, but the coin bears no officina marks in the fields on the reverse, so that&#039;s not it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a coin from Mediolanum, RIC 510:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691643[/ATTACH] </p><p>But that obverse is a radiate head, not cuirassed bust, and there is no officina mark in the field on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the same coin as Cohen 880, and therefore not a match to mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691644[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The closest thing in Sear is 10338, but that obverse inscription is IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS AVG and its reverse has AVGG, not AVG. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691650[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And the closest I could find in <a href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www258.pair.com/denarius/coinage.htm" rel="nofollow">online Göbl</a> is 1088y, from Mediolanum, which matches the description of the reverse but not the photo, which shows an S in the right field. Moreover, the obverse is same except for the ribbons from the radiate crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]691651[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Am I missing something? Some other reference that has my coin? Do I have an undescribed variant?</p><p><br /></p><p>Please help.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, post anything you feel is relevant!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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