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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26233819, member: 135271&quot;]Nothing super special, just a nice crisp Gallienus antoninianus from Antioch, which also happens to be a somewhat less-common type depicting the god Saturn.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1675544[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>GALLIENUS. Sole reign, AD 260-268</i></p><p><i><p style="text-align: center"><i>BI Antoninianus (22.0mm, 3.08g, 6h)</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Struck AD 267. Antioch mint</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Reverse: AETERNITAS AVG, Saturn, veiled and draped, standing right, holding harpa; PXV in exergue</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>References: RIC V.1 606c corr.; RCV 10170; ERIC II 1187 corr.</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker, 11/21/2013 (Auction 243, lot 5115.) From the Dr. G. Himmel Collection.</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Toned silvered surfaces. A fine eastern style portrait combined with a well struck and detailed reverse. This type is one of few Roman Imperial coins to depict Saturn, the Roman god of time, agriculture, and the harvest.</i></p><p></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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