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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3008724, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s cool! I love the zoo series! I&#039;d have nabbed that one up right away, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim Phelps has a nice <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">paper on them at NumisWiki</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the zoo series is a little heavy on Diana&#039;s artiodactyls. I like this one, though, because it&#039;s well-rendered, down to the ridges on the gazelle&#039;s horns. I think the celator even attempted to render the color pattern on the gazelle&#039;s fur on the animal&#039;s nose and across the back. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745868[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, 253-268 AD</p><p>Roman Æ Antoninianus, 18 mm, 2.27 g</p><p>Rome Mint 267-268 AD</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right</p><p>Rev: DIANAE CONS AVG, gazelle walking left, XII in exergue</p><p>Refs: RIC 181; Cohen 165; RCV 10200; Göbl 750b.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]745877[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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