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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3086507, member: 75937&quot;]I must have a dozen different VIRTVS AVG types of Gallienus, but I&#039;m showing off my favorite one. I like the military figure* on the reverse, because he&#039;s not exactly the most muscular <i>miles</i> in the legion. You see, I&#039;m a skinny dude myself -- a marathon runner who weighs about 150 pounds after carb-loading -- so I like seeing the inscription VIRTVS (&quot;manliness&quot;) over such a pencil-necked, scrawny fellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also like the Mediolanum mint portrait style, which features the emperor&#039;s head right with &quot;slight drapery on both shoulders.&quot; This is the only example in my collection of this bust style for Gallienus and I think it&#039;s a particularly illustrative example of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post skinny deities, soldiers or animals, VIRTVS types, or anything else you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>*RIC calls this figure a &quot;soldier&quot;; Sear calls him &quot;Virtus&quot;; Cohen and Göbl say he&#039;s Mars!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778148[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus, AD 253-268.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 2.57 g, 17.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Mediolanum, AD 268.</p><p>Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right; slight drapery on both shoulders.</p><p>Rev: VIRTVS AVG, military figure standing left holding inverted spear, right hand on shield; S in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 534; Göbl 1150k; Cohen 1237; RCV 10411 var.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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