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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4422962, member: 110350"]The two coins I ordered arrived today, and here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (5th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Doe walking right, head turned back looking left, DIANAE CONS AVG; Ɛ in exergue. RIC V 177, RSC IV 154; cf. Sear RCV III 10199 (same reverse; different obverse legend). 21 mm., 2.72 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108908[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (11th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Gazelle* walking right, DIANAE CONS AVG; XI in exergue. RIC V 181, RSC IV 157, Wolkow 14a11**, Cunetio 1401, Sear RCV III 10201. 21 mm., 3.24 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>* See <a href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm;" rel="nofollow">http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm;</a> Jim Phelps, <i>The Coins of Gallienus ' "Zoo" Collection</i></p><p>(<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>** Cédric Wolkow, <i>Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L'émission dite "Du Bestiaire" - atelier de Rome</i> (édition 2019)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108909[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My description of the animal on this coin as a gazelle -- rather than a "stag," which is what the seller called it, and what the animals on the Gallienus zoo coins issued by the 11th Officina are called in RIC V, RSC IV, and Sear RCV III -- requires some elaboration.</p><p><br /></p><p>First and most obviously, the animal doesn't look anything at all like a stag. Stags have antlers, not unbranched horns like the ones on this animal -- let alone small ones, probably indicating that this animal is a female. Stags are male by definition (for anyone who might have been living under a rock somewhere), and they look like how they're depicted on this Philip I Saecvlares Avgg coin of mine, issued 20 years earlier:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, all the more recent authorities state that the animal on the 11th Officina zoo coins of Gallienus (whether it faces right or left) is a gazelle. See <a href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.fredericweber.com/collection_frederic_weber/gallien_diana_cons.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fredericweber.com/collection_frederic_weber/gallien_diana_cons.htm" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/Photosbestiaire/antilope%20droite.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>Gazelle right</b></p><p>GALLIENUS AVG</p><p><b>Rome</b></p><p><b>XI</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The Jim Phelps article cited earlier in this thread agrees; see <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Officina/Primary Type:</p><p><br /></p><p>XI 11 / Gazelle (Diana)</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that the Cedric Wolkow book reaches the same conclusion; I don't have it yet but have ordered a copy from cgb in Paris. (Hopefully I'll receive it one of these months!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the animal on the 11th Officina Gallienus zoo coins has consistently been described as a gazelle rather than a stag in auctions in the last few years.</p><p><br /></p><p>See this example of an Officina XI coin sold in a Numismatik Naumann auction in 2014, described in the sale as a gazelle (acsearch image no. 2008819)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108930[/ATTACH]</p><p>The same is true of this coin sold in a Munzen & Medaillen auction in 2018 (acsearch image no. 4748396)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108932[/ATTACH]</p><p>As well as of this coin sold as part of a lot of Gallienus zoo coins in a CNG e-auction in April 2019; see <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=379446" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=379446" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=379446</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108941[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All were described as gazelles, not stags. I think it's safe to say that mine shows a gazelle too.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any event, the doe and the gazelle have joined the tigress in my Gallienus zoo. Not in the same enclosure, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4422962, member: 110350"]The two coins I ordered arrived today, and here they are: Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (5th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Doe walking right, head turned back looking left, DIANAE CONS AVG; Ɛ in exergue. RIC V 177, RSC IV 154; cf. Sear RCV III 10199 (same reverse; different obverse legend). 21 mm., 2.72 g., 6 h. [ATTACH=full]1108908[/ATTACH] Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (11th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Gazelle* walking right, DIANAE CONS AVG; XI in exergue. RIC V 181, RSC IV 157, Wolkow 14a11**, Cunetio 1401, Sear RCV III 10201. 21 mm., 3.24 g., 6 h. * See [URL]http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm;[/URL] Jim Phelps, [I]The Coins of Gallienus ' "Zoo" Collection[/I] ([URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo']http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo[/URL]). ** Cédric Wolkow, [I]Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L'émission dite "Du Bestiaire" - atelier de Rome[/I] (édition 2019) [ATTACH=full]1108909[/ATTACH] My description of the animal on this coin as a gazelle -- rather than a "stag," which is what the seller called it, and what the animals on the Gallienus zoo coins issued by the 11th Officina are called in RIC V, RSC IV, and Sear RCV III -- requires some elaboration. First and most obviously, the animal doesn't look anything at all like a stag. Stags have antlers, not unbranched horns like the ones on this animal -- let alone small ones, probably indicating that this animal is a female. Stags are male by definition (for anyone who might have been living under a rock somewhere), and they look like how they're depicted on this Philip I Saecvlares Avgg coin of mine, issued 20 years earlier: [ATTACH=full]1108918[/ATTACH] In addition, all the more recent authorities state that the animal on the 11th Officina zoo coins of Gallienus (whether it faces right or left) is a gazelle. See [URL]http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/page2.htm[/URL]: [URL='http://www.fredericweber.com/collection_frederic_weber/gallien_diana_cons.htm'][IMG]http://www.fredericweber.com/GALLIEN/emission_du_bestiaire/Photosbestiaire/antilope%20droite.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Gazelle right[/B] GALLIENUS AVG [B]Rome XI [/B] The Jim Phelps article cited earlier in this thread agrees; see [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo']http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus Zoo[/URL]: Officina/Primary Type: XI 11 / Gazelle (Diana) I believe that the Cedric Wolkow book reaches the same conclusion; I don't have it yet but have ordered a copy from cgb in Paris. (Hopefully I'll receive it one of these months!) Finally, the animal on the 11th Officina Gallienus zoo coins has consistently been described as a gazelle rather than a stag in auctions in the last few years. See this example of an Officina XI coin sold in a Numismatik Naumann auction in 2014, described in the sale as a gazelle (acsearch image no. 2008819) [ATTACH=full]1108930[/ATTACH] The same is true of this coin sold in a Munzen & Medaillen auction in 2018 (acsearch image no. 4748396) [ATTACH=full]1108932[/ATTACH] As well as of this coin sold as part of a lot of Gallienus zoo coins in a CNG e-auction in April 2019; see [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=379446[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1108941[/ATTACH] All were described as gazelles, not stags. I think it's safe to say that mine shows a gazelle too. In any event, the doe and the gazelle have joined the tigress in my Gallienus zoo. Not in the same enclosure, though.[/QUOTE]
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