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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 8341727, member: 87200&quot;]On the small-figured theme...great OP coin by the way with a very interesting reverse, conservator of piety or something like that...</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Marc Breitsprecher. I rather like the portrait which shows a martial Gallienus holding spear and shield, celebrating victories over the Germans early on in the joint reign of Valerian and Gallienus. It celebrates the acclimation of Gallienus as Germanicus Maximus for the fifth time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we all know what happened as the years went by in his reign, the initial successes did not last. Still however, the early part of his reign might not actually have been as disastrous as Edward Gibbon paints it, nor was Gallienus as inept and cowardly as he is described by sources such as Aurelius Victor. In recent years, scholarship has revised our picture of this emperor and his reputation has been somewhat rehabilitated by historians such as Harry Sidebottom. Here is a <a href="https://bir.brandeis.edu/bitstream/handle/10192/36652/LuThesis2019.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bir.brandeis.edu/bitstream/handle/10192/36652/LuThesis2019.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow">link to a recent paper</a> on this topic.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Date:</b> 257-258 AD, AR antoninianus</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> GALLIENVS P F AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust left, holding spear over right shoulder, and shield at left shoulder</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> GERMANICVS MAX V, Trophy of armor with two bound captives seated at base</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Size:</b> 23.31 mm</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Weight:</b> 2.99 grams</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> RIC Vii 18, rare 3</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/galv-jpg.1305384/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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