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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4181531, member: 98035"]Gallienus is often shunned because of how common his coins are, and also how (unfairly) poor his historical reputation was. He had many interesting reverses and is quite worthy of a collection. Having built the bulk of my collection from job lots, I have probably handled several hundred of his coins, easily. I mostly go for portraits, so here are the ones I couldn't part with</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075333[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075335[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075338[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075334[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Is that a slanted X or a subversive christian in the officina?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075336[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And this one I did sell, but it qualifies as a more interesting reverse... SAECVLARES AVG although history has forgotten what games took place in Antioch</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1075337[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4181531, member: 98035"]Gallienus is often shunned because of how common his coins are, and also how (unfairly) poor his historical reputation was. He had many interesting reverses and is quite worthy of a collection. Having built the bulk of my collection from job lots, I have probably handled several hundred of his coins, easily. I mostly go for portraits, so here are the ones I couldn't part with [ATTACH=full]1075333[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1075335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1075338[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1075334[/ATTACH] (Is that a slanted X or a subversive christian in the officina?) [ATTACH=full]1075336[/ATTACH] And this one I did sell, but it qualifies as a more interesting reverse... SAECVLARES AVG although history has forgotten what games took place in Antioch [ATTACH=full]1075337[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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