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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26267753, member: 135271&quot;]Got this nice mint-fresh Gallienus antoninianus not long ago:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1677973[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>GALLIENUS. Joint reign, AD 253-260</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Antoninianus (23.4mm, 4.05g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 255-256. Samosata mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gallienus right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: VOTA ORBIS, two Victories, winged and draped, standing facing one another, affixing shield inscribed S C onto palm tree</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC V.1 460c; RCV 10420 var.; ERIC II 1287</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Light toning, some scattered deposits, superb strike, excellent detail on both obverse and reverse. A very unusual type among Roman Imperial coins, unique to the issues of Valerian and his son Gallienus (in addition to an extremely rare type struck for Claudius II Gothicus.) The reverse legend may be translated as “Vows of the World”.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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